SURFACE MODIFIED POROUS POLYMERS FOR ENHANCED CELL GROWTH

• Main Authors: BHAGAVATULA, PRASAD, L., V, BRITTO, VIRGINIA, D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.01.2013
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRAPPING; WORKING-UP

A process for surface modification of polymer that enhances cell growth as well as inhibits growth of microorganisms is disclosed.