18684335. BROAD SPECTRUM ANTI-MICROBIAL POLYMERIC COMPOSITION (CORNELL UNIVERSITY)
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTI-MICROBIAL POLYMERIC COMPOSITION
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Qingsheng Liu of Ithaca NY (US)
BROAD SPECTRUM ANTI-MICROBIAL POLYMERIC COMPOSITION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18684335 titled 'BROAD SPECTRUM ANTI-MICROBIAL POLYMERIC COMPOSITION
Original Abstract Submitted
A polymeric composition comprising a polyurethane containing at least the following functional groups: (i) a five-membered or six-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one ring heteroatom selected from nitrogen and oxygen atoms, and (ii) a zwitterionic group. Also described herein are articles made of the polymeric composition. Also described herein are methods for inactivating microbes and viruses on a surface of an object, the method comprising incorporating the anti-microbial polymeric composition into a surface of the object, either by constructing an object of the polymeric composition or by coating the surface of an object with the polymeric composition.