Medical Textiles For Uniform Bacteria Mitigation

Abstract

Skin infections, body odor, and wound infections during battlefield activities are of great concern for individual soldiers. Triton Systems, Inc. under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with Natick Solder Center developed a textile finishing process to produce advanced bio-textiles that will incorporate both broad-spectrum "leaching" and "bound" anti-microbial agents as skin/wound infection barriers for the Future Force Warrior. The approach uses both silver containing fibers and fibers coated with organic antimicrobial compounds such as polyhexamethylene biguanide and quaternary ammonium silane in a synergistic manner to product anti-microbial bio-textiles from woven, braided, stitched, or knit configurations. Triton's biocidal textile is aimed at producing fabric utilizing the nylon and cotton fibers currently used for military uniforms and equipage. The effort yield high kill rate durable organic antimicrobial agent to soldiers' apparel, such as Battle Dress Uniforms (BDU's), t-shirts, and socks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA432953

Entities

People

  • A. J. Gavrin
  • K. G. Blizard
  • L. Santos
  • R. G. Gonyer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Army Personnel
  • Attachment
  • Bacteria
  • Fabrics
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
  • High Temperature
  • Infection
  • Materials
  • Microorganisms
  • Military Uniforms
  • Prokaryotes
  • Small Business
  • Textiles
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Reinforced Composite Materials

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology