Surface topographies for non-toxic bioadhesion control

US9016221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• University of Florida Research Foundation, INC. · US

Inventors

• Anthony B. Brennan · Gainesville, US
• Christopher James Long · Titusville, US
• Joseph W. Bagan · Greenwood Village, US
• James F. Schumacher · Alpharetta, US
• Mark M. Spiecker · Centennial, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24372
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an article that includes a first plurality of spaced features. The spaced features are arranged in a plurality of groupings; the groupings of features include repeat units; the spaced features within a grouping are spaced apart at an average distance of about 1 nanometer to about 500 micrometers; each feature having a surface that is substantially parallel to a surface on a neighboring feature; each feature being separated from its neighboring feature; the groupings of features being arranged with respect to one another so as to define a tortuous pathway. The plurality of spaced features provide the article with an engineered roughness index of about 5 to about 20.