Abstract: An anti-microbial coated device includes a device sized and configured for use in a microbe-contaminating environment. The device includes a substrate having a surface configured to be exposed in the microbe contaminating environment. A cold-sprayed anti-microbial coating is deposited on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. The anti-microbial coating includes fused metal particles and having a thickness in a range from 100 nm to 1 mm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 18, 2015
Assignee:
POLYPROTEC TECHNOLOGIES
Inventors:
Derrick G. Arnold, Jack F. Johnson, Robert J. Robinson, Bradley F. Johnson