Patent ID: 8227365
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A01N,A61K,C04B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A biocidal ceramic composition for use in microbe-destroying applications, the ceramic composition comprising an effective amount of a bioactive agent that is chemically-bound in a single-phase, crystalline, [NZP]-type structure, the biocidal ceramic composition represented by the following general chemical formula: wherein M wherein M wherein 0<x≦1; wherein 0≦y≦4; wherein 0≦z≦6; wherein (jy+mz)<(1−x) wherein k=1 if M wherein k=2 if M wherein A represents ionic-substitution of Zr sites, wherein j=0.5 if A is pentavalent cation; wherein j=0 if A is tetravalent cation; wherein j=−0.5 if A is trivalent cation; wherein B represents ionic-substitution of P sites, wherein m=0.5 if B is hexavalent cation; wherein m=0 if B is pentavalent cation; wherein m=−0.5 if B is tetravalent cation; and wherein m=−1 if B is trivalent cation.