Patent ID: 8329155

Claim:
A quaternary ammonium functionalized glycodendrimer comprising a plurality of carbohydrate and quaternary ammonium substituents covalently linked to a dendrimer, the quaternary ammonium functionalized glycodendrimer having the formula: (Q + -S-L) z -D n X − (I) wherein: D is a dendrimer; n is the generation number of the functionalized dendrimer and selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; z is an integer less than or equal to 2 (n+2) ; L is a linking group; Q + represents a quaternary ammonium moiety; and S represents a carbohydrate moiety.