US Patent Issued to Kuprion on Feb. 10 for "Garments, gloves and personal protective equipment enchanced with metal nanoparticle agglomerates" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,807, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kuprion Inc. (Waterbury, Conn.).

"Garments, gloves and personal protective equipment enchanced with metal nanoparticle agglomerates" was invented by Alfred A. Zinn (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal nanoparticle agglomerates may aid in promoting infection control over an extended period of time when adhered to a touch or contact surface of personal protective equipment, such as gloves or garments. Gloves may comprise a body having one or more touch surfaces when worn, and metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered to a material defining the one or more touch surfaces. The glov...