Pathogen-repellent wrap shown to shed viruses as well as bacteria

Pathogen-repellent wrap shown to shed viruses as well as bacteria mcmastereng ACS_AMI

The new wrap, designed to protect against contamination on high-touch surfaces such as doorhandles and railings, is now moving toward scaled-up production through FendX Technologies, Inc., which last year licensed the technology developed by inventors Leyla Soleymani and Tohid Didar, both of McMaster's Faculty of Engineering.

"This technology closes the door to the surface transfer of pathogens," Didar says."Everything is moving in the right direction as this invention continues to evolve and move toward the marketplace." under flow, to be used in medical catheters and tubing. The team has filed patents for the new technologies., shows the surface of the wrap is effective in repelling not just bacteria, as demonstrated in the proof-of-concept research, but also viruses, substantially increasing its utility.

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