Active chlorine disinfectant, colored for visible hygiene in the veterinary sector
A stable bond between the disinfectant and dye ensures visible confirmation of complete wetting on non-smooth surfaces, addressing the reliability issue of active chlorine disinfectants on surfaces like horse hooves and cattle claws.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE202025002746
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-18
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-26
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-09-30
AI Technical Summary
Existing active chlorine disinfectants are colorless and transparent, making it difficult to verify complete wetting on non-smooth surfaces such as horse hooves or cattle claws, thus compromising the reliability of disinfection.
A stable bond is formed between the disinfectant and a dye, such as ultramarine blue, ensuring the disinfectant's coloration remains visible during application, allowing complete wetting to be visibly recognized.
Enables immediate visual confirmation of complete surface wetting with the disinfectant, enhancing the reliability of disinfection on non-smooth surfaces.
Abstract
Description
[0001] For reliable disinfection of various surfaces in veterinary medicine, complete wetting of the surface to be disinfected is necessary. This complete wetting is particularly difficult to verify on non-smooth surfaces such as horse hooves or cattle claws. This is further complicated by the lack of visibility of colorless and transparent disinfectants.
[0002] Active chlorine (precise name of the biocidal active ingredient: active chlorine released from hypochlorous acid) disinfectants are colorless and transparent. When applying them, it is not readily apparent whether the areas to be disinfected are completely wetted. Therefore, the reliability of the disinfection measure depends on the assumption of complete, albeit invisible, surface wetting.
[0003] The invention described in claim 1 addresses the problem of making it possible to visibly recognize a complete wetting of the area to be disinfected and thus to ensure the safe application of the disinfectant Aktivchor.
[0004] Previous active chlorine disinfectants are exclusively colorless, and therefore sufficient wetting is not reliably visible.
[0005] This problem is solved by the feature listed in claim 1. The special feature of the formulation lies in a stable bond between the disinfectant and the dye until application to the surface to be disinfected.
[0006] The invention achieves the ability of the user of the active chlorine disinfectant to immediately recognize, by means of the coloring of the disinfectant, whether the surface to be disinfected is completely and sufficiently wetted.
[0007] This complete wetting with the disinfectant active chlorine (safety data sheet in Annex 3), made visible by the addition of the dye ultramarine blue (safety data sheet in Annex 4), is recognizable in the spray pattern in Annex 5. Here it can be seen that the compound of the two substances remains stable and can be sprayed.
Claims
[1] The disinfectant active ingredient active chlorine released from hypochlorous acid is colored blue by means of the dye ultramarine blue, an inorganic pigment mixture classified as non-hazardous, in order to make complete wetting of the surface to be disinfected visually apparent. The patent claim concerns the stable coloration of the disinfectant active chlorine released from hypochlorous acid with the inorganic dye.