AgenciesChennai: Indian tech startup Muse Nanobots has launched a nanotech coating for textiles that it claims can inactivate Coronavirus within five minutes of contact.
The company said Muse nanocoated textiles can offer enhanced protection for people to travel and will provide great safety to frontline healthcare, hospital, hotels and restaurant workers.
Muse Nanobots conducted a study with the U.S.-based Situ Biosciences, an independent product test laboratory in Chicago, to understand the effectiveness of Muse Nanobots antiviral coating on coronavirus 229E, showed that it inactivated 99.99 per cent of the coronavirus 229E within five minutes of contact time.
“We are one of the first Indian technology companies to prove, via clinical testing and validation, the coating efficacy of our product on the Coronavirus. Muse Nanobots coating has also displayed a strong anti-bacterial activity on human pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, among others. The coating makes the textile surface self-sanitizing and provides a germ resistant surface,” said Sai Prasanth, Co-founder of Muse Nanobots.
It is also in advanced stages of negotiations with a few companies to install the nanocoating machines at their production facilities.
Further, Mr. Sai Prasanth said,
He said that Muse Nanocoat on textiles can become an added layer of protection in the fight against this pandemic. The coating can be applied on any kind of fabric and can be coated on masks, PPE kits, clothes and packaging material. The test also has shown that it is non-toxic to human cells and is comfortable to use, he said.
The startup is targeting the installation of their nanocoating machines in around 15 Indian Textile Companies that make regular office and casual attires, sportswear, PPEs, decor industry (curtains, bedsheets) and packaging material makers by end of 2020.
Gautam Reddy, CEO, Muse Nanobots said the 'Muse Nanobots’ nanocoating machine can coat fabrics at an industrial production scale and can be integrated into the existing textile production facilities.
"No changes in the textile fabrics observed after the coating process which makes this relevant for various textile applications such as office wear, school uniforms, medical wear, sportswear and wearables, among others. The coating lasts upto 60 washes when washed under 70 degrees Celsius. The coated chemicals do not show any leaching of chemicals," he said.
Apart from direct installations at partner locations, Muse Nanobots also has a coating facility based in Bengaluru where textile companies can send their fabrics to be treated with the antiviral coating.
Muse Nanobots is a subsidiary of the IIT Madras-incubated Muse Wearables Startup, which sells payment-enabled hybrid smartwatches in 70 countries. Muse Nanobots face masks will be available in the market by the first week of September 2020 on e-commerce platforms and Muse Nanobots website.
Muse Nanobots is a subsidiary of the IIT Madras-incubated Muse Wearables Startup, which sells payment-enabled hybrid smartwatches in 70 countries.
The company said Muse nanocoated textiles can offer enhanced protection for people to travel and will provide great safety to frontline healthcare, hospital, hotels and restaurant workers.
Muse Nanobots conducted a study with the U.S.-based Situ Biosciences, an independent product test laboratory in Chicago, to understand the effectiveness of Muse Nanobots antiviral coating on coronavirus 229E, showed that it inactivated 99.99 per cent of the coronavirus 229E within five minutes of contact time.
“We are one of the first Indian technology companies to prove, via clinical testing and validation, the coating efficacy of our product on the Coronavirus. Muse Nanobots coating has also displayed a strong anti-bacterial activity on human pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, among others. The coating makes the textile surface self-sanitizing and provides a germ resistant surface,” said Sai Prasanth, Co-founder of Muse Nanobots.
It is also in advanced stages of negotiations with a few companies to install the nanocoating machines at their production facilities.
Further, Mr. Sai Prasanth said,
He said that Muse Nanocoat on textiles can become an added layer of protection in the fight against this pandemic. The coating can be applied on any kind of fabric and can be coated on masks, PPE kits, clothes and packaging material. The test also has shown that it is non-toxic to human cells and is comfortable to use, he said.
The startup is targeting the installation of their nanocoating machines in around 15 Indian Textile Companies that make regular office and casual attires, sportswear, PPEs, decor industry (curtains, bedsheets) and packaging material makers by end of 2020.
Gautam Reddy, CEO, Muse Nanobots said the 'Muse Nanobots’ nanocoating machine can coat fabrics at an industrial production scale and can be integrated into the existing textile production facilities.
"No changes in the textile fabrics observed after the coating process which makes this relevant for various textile applications such as office wear, school uniforms, medical wear, sportswear and wearables, among others. The coating lasts upto 60 washes when washed under 70 degrees Celsius. The coated chemicals do not show any leaching of chemicals," he said.
Apart from direct installations at partner locations, Muse Nanobots also has a coating facility based in Bengaluru where textile companies can send their fabrics to be treated with the antiviral coating.
Muse Nanobots is a subsidiary of the IIT Madras-incubated Muse Wearables Startup, which sells payment-enabled hybrid smartwatches in 70 countries. Muse Nanobots face masks will be available in the market by the first week of September 2020 on e-commerce platforms and Muse Nanobots website.
Muse Nanobots is a subsidiary of the IIT Madras-incubated Muse Wearables Startup, which sells payment-enabled hybrid smartwatches in 70 countries.
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