New Innovation, Samsung Makes Smartphone Case Anti COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The technology giant is currently making innovations to create an antidote for COVID-19 that is widespread globally. Not long ago, Samsung has trademarked Antimicrobial Coating as the casing coating for their devices.

Summarizing GizmoChina, Sunday, April 5, the Antimicrobial Coating was claimed to be effective against this deadly virus. Because it persists on certain surfaces, this virus can easily be transmitted by touch. This is where Samsung's new case will come into play, as the antimicrobial coating will prevent those virus particles from remaining on the surface of the case.

Samsung realizes that vaccinations are rare nowadays and thinks prevention is the best method to fight the virus. So, steps like this must be done because smartphones are generally filled with bacteria because of continuous interactions. This new layer will ensure that the bacteria will not last long.

This South Korean company filed a patent for Antimicrobial Coating on June 30 in several countries. Furthermore, the upcoming launch of the Galaxy Note 20 series may be the perfect time for the launch of the protective coating. Although, it is too early to know when they will release.

Quoting Nms Medical Device, in the medical world, antimicrobial coatings are a powerful weapon against viral infections. This coating has been developed to prevent the growth and spread of bacteria and germs on surfaces such as medical equipment, sterile room walls, door handles and other high-contact areas.

There is a wide variety of surface coating technologies, from pharmaceutical excipients and antimicrobial agents for medical devices and surgical implants, to coatings that ensure surfaces are disinfected.

Medical devices are known to be a common cause of spread of bacteria, there is always a risk of contamination when immersing any kind of foreign device in the human body. The effects range from the duration of healing, to death.

Current best practice shows that antimicrobial coated medical devices can be of great help in eliminating deadly infections because antimicrobials are designed to fight most bacteria.

"Antibacterial coatings are intended to prevent bacterial colonization of surfaces. This can occur through various mechanisms of action such as preventing bacterial adhesion, releasing antibacterial agents or killing bacteria on contact with surfaces," explains Krasimir Vasilev, a professor from the School of Engineering at the University of South Australia. .