Patents by Inventor JOHN RICHARD HANDS

JOHN RICHARD HANDS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for local reduction of microbial skin flora
    Patent number: 10485892
    Abstract: There is provided a method for reducing microbial load at a site on the skin of a subject. The method comprises applying a dressing over the site on the skin of the subject at which a medical procedure that involves breaching the skin is to be performed. As used in the method, the dressing comprises a self-adhesive silicone gel sheet comprising at least about 95 wt % silicone and up to about 5 wt % of particulates of an antimicrobial dispersed in the silicone. The dressing is applied with the silicone gel sheet contacting the skin of the subject and is left in place to allow the antimicrobial to diffuse onto the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Covalon Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: John Richard Hands, Valerio Ditizio
  • METHOD FOR LOCAL REDUCTION OF MICROBIAL SKIN FLORA
    Publication number: 20160263270
    Abstract: There is provided a method for reducing microbial load at a site on the skin of a subject. The method comprises applying a dressing over the site on the skin of the subject at which a medical procedure that involves breaching the skin is to be performed. As used in the method, the dressing comprises a self-adhesive silicone gel sheet comprising at least about 95 wt % silicone and up to about 5 wt % of particulates of an antimicrobial dispersed in the silicone. The dressing is applied with the silicone gel sheet contacting the skin of the subject and is left in place to allow the antimicrobial to diffuse onto the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN RICHARD HANDS, Valerio DITIZIO