Anna M. Leech,Jeremy P. Walker,Scott Donahue,Jermaine D. Johnson,Jessica J. Sinclair
申请号：
US13915839
公开号：
US20130344130A1
申请日:
2013.06.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A smart antimicrobial material and dressing to inhibit microbial growth is provided. Endogenous chemicals, such as metabolites produced from bacteria are utilized as chemical substrates and converted by enzymes to produce a disinfecting compound that will in turn inhibit the targeted microorganism. The material shall remain passive until such time as it encounters a microbe which expresses and/or secretes specific metabolites or markers. The enzyme or enzymes embedded in the smart material converts the metabolite into a disinfecting compound, which in turn either kills the microorganism or prevents it from multiplying on the surface of the material.
