ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,822, issued on June 17, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE GENVE (Geneva).
"Antimicrobial tailored chitosan" was invented by Olivier Jordan (Prangins, Switzerland), Viorica Patrulea (Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland), Gerrit Borchard (Arzier, Switzerland), Bee Ha Gan (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) and Jean-Louis Reymond (Bulle, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bio-conjugate comprising a chitosan derivative coupled to an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) for use in the treatment or prevention of a microbial infection, for example in wound healing. The invention also provides a nanoparticle formulation or a ge...