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US 2007/0190174 A1Published application
Antiviral Colloidal Silver Composition
AssigneeAmerican Silver, LLC
InventorsRobert Holladay, William Moeller
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Abstract
We disclose a colorless composition comprising silver particles and water, wherein said particles comprise an interior of elemental silver and an exterior of ionic silver oxide, wherein the silver particles are present in the water at a level of about 5-40 ppm, and wherein the composition manifests significant antimicrobial properties including antiviral properties. Methods of use of the composition are described.
Claims5
A method of destroying influenza A virus comprising the steps of:
- providing a composition of silver in water comprising a total concentration of silver of between about 5 and 40 parts per million, said silver in the form of colloidal silver particles having an interior of elemental silver and a surface of silver oxide, wherein a majority of the colloidal silver particles have a minimum diameter greater than 0.005 micrometers and a maximum diameter less than 0.015 micrometers;
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- contacting Influenza A virus with the composition.
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