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US 2022/0018045 A1Published application
Electrospun coaxial polymer fibers for controlled insect repellent release
AssigneesThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsJeffrey G. Lundin, Justin Ryan, III, Riccardo Casalini, Joshua Alan Orlicki
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are fibers having a polymer, such as a textile polymer, and an insect repellant, such as picaridin. The fiber may have a core of the polymer and repellant surrounded by a sheath of the polymer. The fiber may be made by electrospinning a solution of the polymer and the repellant.
Claims19
A fiber comprising:
- a polymer;
- and
- picaridin.
A fiber comprising:
- a textile polymer;
- and
- an insect repellant.
A fiber comprising:
- a core;
- wherein the core comprises a polymer and an insect repellant;
- and
- a sheath;
- wherein the sheath comprises the polymer.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- electrospinning a solution comprising a first polymer and an insect repellant to form a fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.