Abstract: The invention provides a dry, disposable, polymeric product having sustained-release anti-microbial activity, the product consisting essentially of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of fibers, fabrics, sheets, films and other stable woven, non-woven and knitted materials prepared from natural, man-made and synthetic polymers and an amine salt anti-microbial agent, the anti-microbial agent being incorporated in the polymeric material without an intermediary adhesive, carrier or linking agent and being releasable therefrom in anti-microbially effective amounts for a period of at least three days upon the product being brought into contact with a moist surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 1995
Date of Patent:
January 13, 1998
Assignees:
Sion Texo Medic Ltd., Yissum Research Development Co. of Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Israel Fiber Institute
Inventors:
David Levy, Hilda Guttmann, Itzhak Kahane