Wash-durable, antimicrobial and antifungal textile substrates
US8183167B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/699
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Substrates that exhibit antimicrobial and/or antifungal characteristics that persist through the useful life of the substrate, and more particularly textile substrates infused with or covalently bound to well-dispersed antimicrobial nanoparticles, such as silver and/or copper nanoparticles, which exhibit persistent and demonstrable bacteriocidal, bacteriostatic, fungicidal, fungistatic behavior through numerous wash cycles. Methods of manufacturing such substrates are also provided.
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