Patent ID: 6316015
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61L,B82Y,C08J,G02B

Abstract:
A surface provided with antibiotic or antiseptic properties, comprising a solid substrate modified by covalently fixing one or more spacers having reactive extremities via a proximate reactive extremity, and one or more antibiotic, bactericidal, viricidal or fungicidal molecules covalently bonded to a distal reactive extremity of said spacer or spacers, said spacer having formulaA.sub.1 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --A.sub.2,where:A.sub.1 is ##STR5##where Z=H, OH or Cl; or SiY.sub.3 where Y.sub.3 is Cl or an alkoxy group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms;n is in the range 2 to 18;A.sub.2 is selected from the following residues: CH.dbd.CH.sub.2, OH, halogen or ##STR6##where Z=H, OH or Cl.