ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,430, issued on June 10, was assigned to INFECTION CONTAINMENT COMPANY LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Topical antiseptic system" was invented by Dennie W. Dyer (Murrieta, Calif.) and John A. Garruto (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel antimicrobial compositions and kits thereof containing these antimicrobial compositions, methods of manufacture and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The novel aqueous transdermal or topical delivery systems are useful, inter alia, for treatment of various microbial infections, including for use on tissue infections, particularly skin antisepsis and/or nasal mucosal tissue antisepsis to ...