3m Innovative Properties Company

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

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Joseph J Stoffel

Naimul Karim

Petra L Kohler Riedi

Saurabh Batra

Joseph A Dunbar

Rajan B Bodkhe

Colby W Dotseth

Matthew T Scholz

Tushar A Kshirsagar

Bernard A Gonzalez

Patrick A Mach

G Marco Bommarito

Scott A Burton

Louis C Haddad

Ranjani V Parthasarathy

Semra Colak Atan

Vinod P Menon

Paul J Cobian

Hannah C Cohen

Gustavo H Castro

Tera M Nordby

Robert C Welsh

Jose A Alvarez

Joseph A Tucker

Stephanie F Bernatchez

Petra L Kohler Reidi

Will Peckham

Connor Olson

Adam Hunger

Karl Goetsch

Kevin Duban

Scott Schnering

Sam Hanson

John Fick

A wound dressing material comprises first and second wound-contact scrims, and an antimicrobial layer disposed therebetween. The wound-contact scrims comprise water-sensitive fibers comprising a copolymer comprising divalent hydroxyethylene monomer units and divalent dihydroxybutylene monomer units. The wound dressing material may be contacted with an exposed surface of a wound. A method of making the wound dressing material is also disclosed.

Wound dressing material and methods of making and using the same

Compositions including a quaternary amine antiseptic component having a concentration of at least about 0.04% by weight; a poly carboxylic acid chelator having a concentration of at least about 0.05 M and/or an alphahydroxy acid buffer having a concentration of at least about 0.05 M; a (C8-C12) 1,2 alkane diol; and optionally water are provided. The compositions have a pH greater than or equal to 3.5 and less than 5.5 at 23° C. In certain embodiments, water is present in the composition at a greater weight percent than each of the quaternary amine antiseptic component; the polycarboxylic acid chelator, if present; the alphahydroxy acid buffer, if present; and the (C8-C12) 1,2-alkane diol. In certain embodiments, water is present in the composition at a greater weight percent than any other component.

Antimicrobial compositions with 1,2-alkanediols

A method of making a nonwoven fiber web comprises: providing a melt-blown nonwoven fiber web comprising bonded primary fibers having an average fiber diameter of 2 to 100 microns, wherein the primary fibers comprise a copolymer comprising divalent hydroxyethylene monomer units and divalent dihydroxybutylene monomer units; opening at least a portion of the melt-blown nonwoven fiber web to provide loose primary fibers; combining the loose primary fibers with secondary fibers; and forming a secondary nonwoven fiber web comprising the primary fibers and secondary fibers. A fiber web preparable according to the method and a multicomponent fiber including a first phase comprising a copolymer comprising divalent hydroxyethylene monomer units and divalent dihydroxybutylene monomer units and a second phase comprising a non-biodegradable polymer.

Method of making a nonwoven fiber web, nonwoven fiber web, and multi-component fiber

A moving decoy that better captures the natural movements of a goose or similar game bird in critical aspects, most notably, the characteristic, highly flexible goose neck and the wagging of the tail is provided. The invention provides an improved set of neck vertebrae for use in this application and may operate as integrated into the rest of the decoy or as a modular neck modular neck may be attached to a variety of different decoys. Actuation of the neck may be provided by self-contained electrical motor and power unit in the latter case. In an alternative embodiment remote access of the neck may be provided by cables run between the decoy and a remote location.

Goose decoy with head and tail movement

The present disclosure provides devices and rapid methods to acquire a wound sample to detect and measure NOx, and optionally, one or more other analytes that are indicative of the status of a wound.

Methods of determining NOx in a wound sample

A sample acquisition device includes a capillary array configured to draw in a sample and retain the sample by capillary action. The capillary array may be coupled to an elongated member, such as a stem or a hollow tube, which defines a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction. In some embodiments, the capillary array defines a major sample acquisition surface that extends in a second direction different than the first direction. A ratio of the major sample acquisition surface area to maximum volume retained by the capillary array may be selected to minimize physical binding between the capillary array and sample. In some embodiments, the device may include a feedback mechanism to indicate the relative pressure applied to a sample source with the sample acquisition device. In addition, in some embodiments, the sample acquisition device may include a suction source to help draw the sample into the capillary array.

Sample acquisition device

A method for testing efficacy of a protease enzyme assay, the method comprising providing an enzyme which acts as a surrogate enzyme control for the protease enzyme; combining the surrogate enzyme control with an assay substrate for the protease enzyme; and determining a change in the assay substrate resulting from the surrogate enzyme control acting on the assay substrate; wherein the protease enzyme is selected from the group consisting of metalloproteinases, serine proteases, and cysteine proteases; a method for conducting a protease enzyme assay using the method for testing efficacy; a kit including an enzyme which acts as a surrogate enzyme control for a protease enzyme in testing efficacy of a protease enzyme assay; and a method of releasing the kit are provided.

Methods and kit for protease enzyme assays

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Hastings, MN, United States of America

Joseph J Stoffel