ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,072, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DEBx Medical Holding B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
"Compositions for removing necrotic or infected tissues from body surface lesions and from oral cavity" was invented by Carlo Alberto Bignozzi (Ferrara, Italy), Francesco Carinci (Bologna, Italy) and Alberto Cogo (Vicenza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition, usable for removing a biofilm and necrotic or infected tissues from skin lesions and lesions of the oral cavity, comprises methanesulfonic acid 99.0% and a proton acceptor. The proton acceptor is selected from the group consisting of: anhydrous sodium carbonate, 5-amino-2-m...