US Patent Issued on April 22 for "Gel compositions for mitigation of burn injuries, kits containing the gel compositions, and associated methods" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,144, issued on April 22.

"Gel compositions for mitigation of burn injuries, kits containing the gel compositions, and associated methods" was invented by Zaki Yusuf (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are provided for treating first, second degree burns to rapidly minimize hyperkalemia, hyponatremia, blistering, and pain management by externally applying gel mixture on unopened injured burn areas from onset of burn shock. The substrate is a gel mixture matrix containing concentrated sodium ion that creates a concentration gradient, allowing in situ diffusion of sodium ion (in vitro) into blister, e...