公开(公告)号：US20160354171A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-08

申请号：US15181836

申请日：2016-06-14

Applicant: ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION

Inventor： NICHOLAS RYAN KROGMAN ,  WALTER HAROLD ISAAC ,  KATIA SIMEONOV PETROV ,  SHIPING WANG

IPC: A61B42/10 ,  A01N25/10 ,  A61B42/40 ,  A01N47/44 ,  A61L31/16 ,  A61L31/10

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of preparing antimicrobial elastomeric articles that include an elastomeric article having an antimicrobial coating provided thereon. The antimicrobial elastomeric articles exhibit enhanced ability to reduce or eliminate microbes that come in contact with the article. Certain aspects of the invention are further directed to methods of packaging the antimicrobial elastomeric articles, where the packaged antimicrobial articles exhibit antimicrobial effectiveness for an extended period of time as compared to unpackaged antimicrobial articles. Antimicrobial elastomeric articles and packaged antimicrobial elastomeric articles prepared in accordance with the methods of the present invention are also provided.