ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,313, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CAPRETTO EHF. (Grenivik, Iceland).
"Microbial removal" was invented by Sveinbjorn Gizurarson (Reykjavik, Iceland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methoxy polyethylene glycol for use as a medicament, in particular in skin healing, wound healing and treatment of a microbial infection. A method for treating a medical device and/or implant to reduce or eliminate microbial contamination comprises applying a liquid formulation comprising methoxy polyethylene glycol. This invention relates to the novel discovery that methoxy polyethylene glycol, an inactive polymer with no known pharmacological effect, wa...