ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,933, issued on Jan. 27.

"Systems, methods and devices for aiding in the decolonization of bacteria" was invented by Alison Carrigg (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New systems, methods and devices for aiding in the decolonization of bacterial infections in human and animal patients are provided. In some embodiments, a specialized decolonization, cleaning and infection prevention kit is provided, including a container with compartment(s) that include sub-compartment sections and GUI tools including specialized non-verbal instructions that guide the patient to use combinations of components of the sub-compartments in a...