Patents Assigned to NanoHorizons, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8183167
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: NanoHorizons, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Delattre, Daniel J. Hayes, Joseph Cuiffi, Matthew Henry, James Kundrat, Paul Carrigan