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US 2007/0134303 A1Published application
Protective and therapeutic article
OwnerAli Yahiaoui, Kaiyuan Yanginventors
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Abstract
An antimicrobial protective article is described. The article has a first, outer surface that is coated at least partially with an antimicrobial agent containing polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), and at least one or a combination of the following: chitosan, a chaotropic surfactant, polyols, copper oxide, and an organic acid, and a second, inner surface adapted to contact a wearer's skin that has a therapeutic agent. The present protective article can adapted for used in a variety of applications in the home or resort spas.
Claims24
A protective article comprising:
- a nonwoven fiber web having cross-direction and machine direction stretchability;
- and a coating of a stable, non-leaching antimicrobial or antiviral composition over at least a portion of a first, exterior surface of said nonwoven fiber web, said antimicrobial or antiviral composition having a non-cytotoxic activity but a broad spectrum kill, and a therapeutic composition coating a second, interior surface adapted to contact mammalian skin.
A glove comprising:
- a hollow member defining an opening for receiving a hand therein, the hollow member having an interior surface configured to be placed adjacent to a hand when the glove is donned and an opposite exterior surface, the hollow member comprising an elastic laminate, the elastic laminate including at least one nonwvoven layer;
- and a stably-associated, non-leaching antimicrobial coating on at least a portion of said exterior surface and a therapeutic agent on said interior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.