Patents Represented by Law Firm Saliwanchick, Llyod & Saliwanchik
  • materials and methods for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus microbes
    Patent number: 5840760
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns a novel process for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) microbes. The process comprises the use of organostannane-modified poly(vinyl alcohol) and naturally occurring small and large oxygen and/or nitrogen containing compounds, also referred to herein as modified tin-containing polymer (MTP) materials, to control MRSA microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Florida Atlantic University
    Inventors: Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Cynthia Butler