Patent ID: 11931225
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 2:
3. An antimicrobial bandage, comprising:
a substrate;
nanospikes provided on a first surface of the substrate; and
an adhesive layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and formed around the nanospikes, wherein the first surface of the substrate is configured to contact the wound when the substrate is attached to the part of the body comprising the wound, wherein the nanospikes have a structure that is configured to facilitate an increase in bacterial growth associated with the wound to improve the likelihood of puncturing the bacterial growth with the nanospikes, wherein the structure of the nanospikes to facilitate the increase in the bacterial growth comprises a combination of:
a first diameter of a distal end of a nanospike of the nanospikes being between 1 nanometer and 100 nanometers;
a second diameter of a proximal end of the nanospike of the nanospikes being between 1 nanometer and 500 nanometers;
a height of the nanospike of the nanospikes being between 500 nanometers and 5000 nanometers; and
a pitch between the nanospike and a second nanospike being between 100 nanometers and about 1000 nanometers, thereby facilitating healing of the wound, and wherein the adhesive layer facilitates removably attaching the antimicrobial bandage to the surface of the body comprising a wound.