Inventors:
Harry C. Morgan - Pittsburgh PA
Joseph F. Meier - Export PA
Robert L. Merker - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
Biosafe, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
B05D 310
US Classification:
427307, 428420, 428447, 523122, 528 38
Abstract:
Applicants invention is a product that is biocompatible and antimicrobial. According to Applicants invention, a monomeric quaternary ammonium salt in a solvent is exposed to a polymeric substrate. The quaternary salt in solvent is absorbed by the polymeric substrate and the quaternary salt is polymerized thereby creating a product having quaternary salts impregnated on its surface. The polymerized material also penetrates the surface to some depth forming an interpenetrating network.