US Patent Issued to Next Science IP Holdings on Sept. 23 for "Compositions and methods for treating intervertebral discs" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,830, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Next Science IP Holdings Pty Ltd (Chatswood, Australia).

"Compositions and methods for treating intervertebral discs" was invented by Matthew F. Myntti (St. Augustine, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocompatible antimicrobial composition effective against microbial biofilms, including in vivo biofilms containing gram-positive bacteria, can be delivered to and used near the spinal column of vertebrates. Once introduced to an area colonized with a bacterial biofilm, particularly an intervertebral disc, the antimicrobial composition weakens the EPS/ECPS macromolecules of the biofilm, whi...