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US 2023/0302178 A1Published application
Method of removing pathogens from a surface
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsAndrew W. Vail, Robert A. Schmitz
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Abstract
A method of removing pathogens from a surface is described. In particular, a method including providing a wipe including guanidinyl-containing polymer coating, providing a liquid disinfectant having an associated disinfection time t for at least one pathogen is described. The method may help provide safe levels of disinfection even with a significant associated error in dwell time.
Claims18
A method of removing pathogens from a surface, comprising:
- providing a wipe including a guanidinyl-containing polymer coating;
- providing a liquid disinfectant having an associated disinfection time for at least one pathogen;
- contacting a surface with the wipe carrying the liquid disinfectant;
- allowing the liquid disinfectant to be in contact with the surface for a time, t, until removal or evaporation;
- wherein t is the associated disinfection time for the at least one pathogen, with an associated error;
- wherein the associated error is ±40% of the associated disinfection time for the at least one pathogen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.