Antimicrobial Surfaces
OwnerJoseph A. King, John Hillinventors
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Abstract
An antimicrobial structure surface therein wherein the structure surface includes an antimicrobial agent having a biocidal metal ion source and compound containing a hydantoin ring wherein the compound containing the hydantoin ring may or may not have antibacterial properties but the combination of the compound containing the hydantoin ring and the biocidal metal ion source when in the presence of a liquid coact to increase the level of available metal ions for killing microorganisms on the structure surface.
Claims20
An antimicrobial method for a structure surface comprising;
- forming a structure surface;
- applying an antimicrobial agent containing a source of metallic ions and a compound containing a hydantoin ring, which may or may not have antimicrobial properties, to the structure surface whereby the compound containing a hydantoin ring increases the availability of the metallic ions when the antimicrobial agent is in the presence of a liquid.
A building wherein the building includes a plurality of indoor and outdoor surfaces each having a structure surface with an antimicrobial agent containing a biocidal metal and a compound containing a hydantoin ring wherein the antimicrobial level of the biocidal metal in the presence of water increases the ability of the antimicrobial agent to destroy harmful bacteria or microorganisms by increasing the availability of biocidal metal from the biocidal metal.
A bacteria and microorganism killing zone proximate a structure surface wherein the killing zone includes a region on the structure surface;
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- an antimicrobial agent located in the region on the structure surface with the antimicrobial agent including a source of metal ions and a compound containing a hydantoin ring, wherein the presence of water increase a level of metal ions in the killing zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.