ANTIMICROBIAL ADHESIVE FILMS

• Main Authors: OLSON, LINDA K. M, POCIUS, ALPHONSUS V, ALI, MAHFUZA B, HOFMANN, GERALD R.A, YLITALO, CAROLINE M, WALKER, CHRISTOPHER B. JR, SCHOLZ, MATTHEW T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.06.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLISHES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES; WORKING-UP

A multi-layer film for reducing microbial contamination on a surface. The multi-layer film can include a core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, an adhesive layer disposed adjacent the first surface of the core layer, and an antimicrobial layer disposed adjacent the second surface. The antimicrobial layer can include a cross-linked matrix and an antimicrobial agent dispersed within the cross-linked matrix, where the cross-linked matrix is derived from a polymerizable precursor comprising a material selected from the group consisting of a polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable polymer having a molecular weight of about 1,000 or less, and combinations thereof. L'invention concerne un film multicouches pour réduire la contamination microbienne sur une surface. Le film multicouches peut comprendre une couche centrale ayant une première surface et une seconde surface face à la première surface, une couche adhésive disposée adjacente à la première surface de la couche centrale, et une couche anti-microbienne disposée adjacente à la seconde surface. La couche anti-microbienne peut comprendre une matrice réticulée et un agent anti-microbien dispersé dans la matrice réticulée, dans laquelle la matrice réticulée est dérivée à partir d'un précurseur polymérisable comprenant un matériau sélectionné parmi le groupe se composant d'un monomère polymérisable, d'un polymère polymérisable ayant un poids moléculaire d'environ 1 000 ou inférieur, et d'une combinaison de ceux-ci.