Patents Assigned to Next Science, LLC
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Patent number: 9872843Abstract: An aqueous composition with a higher-than-neutral pH includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. This composition, as well as an acidic counterpart and solid materials, can be used in a variety of applications such as wound care, oral care, medical equipment reprocessing, healthcare acquired infection and implant treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 9730903Abstract: A gel useful in reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound can be provided from at least one PEG and an aqueous composition having a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant. The aqueous composition can include a buffer system that includes an organic acid and a salt of an organic acid. The resulting gel is effective even when free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by the aqueous composition such as sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 9486420Abstract: A gel useful in reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound includes at least one PEG and an aqueous composition having a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant. The aqueous composition can include a buffer system that includes an organic acid and a salt of an organic acid. The gel is effective even when free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by the aqueous composition such as sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 9427417Abstract: A process for reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound includes applying to the area a gel that includes at least one PEG and an aqueous composition which has a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant. The aqueous composition can include a buffer system that includes an organic acid and a salt of an organic acid. The gel is effective even when free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by the aqueous composition, such as sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 9314017Abstract: An aqueous composition with a higher-than-neutral pH includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. This composition, as well as an acidic counterpart and solid materials, can be used in a variety of applications such as wound care, oral care, medical equipment reprocessing, healthcare acquired infection and implant treatment.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 8940792Abstract: An aqueous composition adapted to kill bacteria in both planktonic and biofilm states is lethal toward a wide spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as other microbes. The composition, which is slightly to moderately acidic, includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. The composition can be applied directly to a site of bacterial growth. Even when the bacteria is in biofilm form, the surfactant component(s) begin to kill the bacteria before the macromolecular matrix is removed or dislodged from the site.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Publication number: 20150004203Abstract: A solid material adapted to kill bacteria in planktonic, spore and biofilm states is lethal toward a wide spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as other microbes. The solid material includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants entrained in a crosslinked polymeric network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: NEXT SCIENCE, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Publication number: 20140242188Abstract: An aqueous composition with a higher-than-neutral pH includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. This composition, as well as an acidic counterpart and solid materials, can be used in a variety of applications such as wound care, oral care, medical equipment reprocessing, healthcare acquired infection and implant treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Next Science, LLCInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti