ANTIMICROBIAL STRUCTURES

• Main Authors: SUN, TONG, BEVERNITZ, KURT, JAMES, QIN, JIAN, DUTKIEWICZ, JACEK, HUARD, LINDA, SUSAN, WALLAJAPET, PALANI, RAJ, RAMASWAMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.09.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COFFEE MILLS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FISHING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FOMENTATION; FORESTRY; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; LAUNDERING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROSTHESES; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS

Certain antimicrobial agents, particularly chitosan- or chitin-based polymers, exhibit increased antimicrobial activity when coat ed onto the surface of a hydrophobic material such as polypropylene. When applied to the surface of a polypropylene nonwoven fabric, for example, the resulting material can be used for diaper liners to reduce odors and promote skin wellness. Certains agents antimicrobiens, en particulier les polymères à base de chitosane ou à base de chitine, déploient une activité antimicrobienne accrue lorsqu'ils sont déposés comme revêtement sur la surface d'une matière hydrophobe, telle que du polypropylène. Lorsqu'elle est appliquée à la surface d'un textile non tissé à base de polypropylène, par exemple, la matière qui en résulte peut être utilisée dans des doublures de couches absorbantes, pour réduire les odeurs et accroître le bien-être de la peau.