ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,160, issued on April 22, was assigned to HYDROFERA LLC (Manchester, Conn.).
"Antimicrobial bandage" was invented by John E. O'Gara (Ashland, Mass.) and Eric Lullove (Coconut Creek, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a compression bandage for treating wounds comprised of a linear elastic compression wrap and a sterilized polymer foam layer containing a plurality of 5 antimicrobial dyes with at least one dye being gram positive and at least one other dye being gram negative and a biofilm reduction agent and wherein said foam is secured to said linear elastic compression wrap."
The patent was filed on A...