US Patent Issued to SYNEDGEN on Nov. 11 for "Methods and compositions for disrupting biofilm utilizing chitosan-derivative compounds" (California, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,616, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SYNEDGEN INC. (Claremont, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for disrupting biofilm utilizing chitosan-derivative compounds" was invented by Shenda M. Baker (Upland, Calif.), William P. Wiesmann (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Stacy Marie Townsend (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods of disrupting (e.g., reducing the viscosity of, or dissolving) a preformed biofilm in a subject, the method comprising: administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising a soluble chitosan or derivatized chitosan wherein the soluble chitosan or deri...