Filter media with germicidal properties
US6471876B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F1/001
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Filtration media having germicidal properties for use in filtering particles and deactivating, removing and/or destroying microorganisms from a feed liquid passing therethrough. The filtration media includes an effective amount of a germicidal chemically grafted and covalently bonded to a surface of the media. The germicidal grafted filter media is prepared by contacting the media with a grafting solution comprising an anionic monomer, a catalyst, a graft initiator and a germicide and subsequently curing tile media at an elevated temperature to chemically graft a polymerized salt of the polymerizable anionic monomer and the cationic germicide onto a surface of the media. Filter media suitable for use in the present invention include ceramic spheroids, hollow glass spheres, polymeric type media and thermoset coated glass spheres. The germicidal grafted filter media is effective for deactivating, destroying and/or removing from a feed liquid, such as water, escherichia coli, salmonella choleraesuis, staphylococcus, aspergsillus, klebisiella, listeria clostridium, rotavirus, cysts and other microorganisms. Moreover, the filter media can be used repeatedly without a decrease in its ger…
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