[ The Technology ]

SILVER,WOVEN IN.

Element 47 is built around Ionic+® — the silver yarn the US military, NASA, and the world’s top performance brands trust to keep fabric clean.

The protection isn’t applied to the fabric. It is the fabric.

01 · The pedigree

The same fiber the pros are already wearing.

Noble Biomaterials has been spinning silver into yarn out of Scranton, Pennsylvania since 1997. They’re a sole-source supplier to the US military and US Special Operations Command, and a licensed ingredient inside more than 250 brands worldwide.

DefenseUS military · US Special Operations Command · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · NASA
HealthcareHospital scrubs · burn-care centers · FIGS · ZOLL Medical · advanced wound care
Performancelululemon (since 2005) · Under Armour · Athleta · Mack Weldon · Salomon · KUIU

Tens of millions of garments shipped. Now spec’d into fight gear.

02 · The material

Extruded, not coated.

Most antimicrobial gear gets a chemical bath. We don’t.

Conventional fabrics get sprayed or dipped after the fact — protection that lives on the surface and washes out.

Ionic+® is different. Pure silver is extruded into the polymer before the yarn is spun. The protection isn’t on the fiber. It is the fiber.

FIG.02 · DISTRIBUTIONEXTRUDED vs COATEDEXTRUDEDCOATEDFAILS WITH FIBERRINSES OFF AT ~20 WASHESCROSS-SECTION (10,000×)SCALE: 10 μm
Cross-section · silver throughout the polymer matrix vs. clustered at the surface
FIG.01 · Ag-EXTRUDED FIBER MATRIXREF AG-047-FIBA — A' · CROSS-SECTION (10,000×)B — B' · LONGITUDINAL (5,000×)FIBERPET polymerAg⁺ IONextruded10 μmAA'50 μmSAMPLE: AG-047-RG-PROISO 20743:2021 · METHOD A
Fig. 01 · Ag⁺ ion distribution at fiber scale
03 · The mechanism

Built for what the mat carries.

Ringworm. Staph. MRSA. Impetigo. The cost of training in shared spaces.

Silver ions break bacteria and fungi at a structural level — same mechanism, every strain. Every fiber that touches your skin is hostile to what you don’t want spreading from practice to practice.

04 · The proof

Tested. Registered. Permanent.

Independent labs measure Ionic+® against ISO 20743 and AATCC 100 — the international standards for antimicrobial textiles. Noble holds EPA registrations on the platform and operates as an FDA-registered medical device facility. Element 47 carries that protection through the full lifetime of the garment.

99.9%Bacterial reductionIonic+ Pro · tested vs. S. aureus, K. pneumoniae
100+Wash cyclesEfficacy retained · Ionic+ Pro yarn
<60 minActive on contactISO 20743 antimicrobial response window
∞Bonded to the fiberExtruded silver · nothing to wash off

Sources: Noble Biomaterials (noblebiomaterials.com) · Just-Style 2024 Featured Company Profile

05 · What it means

More mat time. Fewer skin checks.

Stop the spread

Combat sport is mat-to-skin contact. Element 47 sits between you and what your training partners brought to practice.

Train through the season

Skin infections cost athletes weeks at a time — antibiotics, dermatology visits, missed competitions. Subtract them from the equation.

Buy gear that outlasts the gym bag

Coatings rinse off. Element 47 lasts as long as the fabric itself. The day you retire it, it’s still working.

[ The First Run ]

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