ACTIVELY STERILE SURFACES

摘要

An actively sterile surface for a substrate and for use in a dynamicall y biological environment, such as for treating and preventing microbial infections, comprises a film consisting of at least an antimicrobial element and another electrochemically nobler element and which forms multitudinous galvanic cell s with electrolyte containing biological fluids, such as body fluids from wounds, etc., for releasing the antimicrobial element at the surface.