Advanced viscoelastic antimicrobial compositions and methods
AssigneeMycelx Technologies Corporation
InventorHal Alper
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Abstract
Viscoelastic compositions capable of preventing microbial proliferation and capable of capturing microbial membrane and cell wall decomposition products are provided. The compositions comprise thermal reaction products of blends of fatty acids derived and isolated from drying and semi-drying oils such as linseed, safflower, and tung oil, with a polymer component such as for example poly (isobutyl methacrylate). These compositions are capable of capturing microbes and controlling their proliferation at a material on which the compositions are deposited, and further capable of absorption or incorporation of lipopolysaccharide and protein membrane materials and endotoxins.
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A method for controlling microbial proliferation at a material which during use is contacted with a microbe-containing fluid, whereby the microbes are deposited at portions of the material, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an initial glyceride composition comprising one or more drying oils and/or semi-drying oils;
- (b) cleaving and separating fatty acids from the initial glyceride composition to provide a blend comprising saturated, mono-unsaturated, and/or poly-unsaturated fatty acids, the fatty acid blend being unique to the initial glyceride composition;
- (c) thermally reacting the fatty acid blend from step (b) with a methacrylate or acrylate polymer compound to yield a homogeneous thermal reaction product as a proliferation controlling composition;
- (d) coating at least a portion of the material which during use is contacted with the microbe-containing fluid with the proliferation controlling composition;
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- (e) contacting the coated material with the fluid in which the microbes are contained.
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