Abstract: An antimicrobial material comprising an antimicrobial metallic material and a biguanide polymer reacted with a crosslinker to form an adduct is described. Both freestanding antimicrobial materials and antimicrobial films are provided. The antimicrobial material does not release biocidal levels of leachables into a contacting solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 1998
Date of Patent:
February 29, 2000
Assignee:
BioPolymerix and Surfacine Development Company
Inventors:
Samuel P. Sawan, Sundar Subramanyam, Alexander Yurkovetskiy