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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Lei Shi, Mansfield, TX (US);
Aleksa Jovanovic, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Catherine Van Der Kar, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Eric Roche, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/48 (2006.01); A61L 26/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); C12N 9/62 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61L 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/482 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61L 12/082 (2013.01); A61L 26/008 (2013.01); A61L 26/0014 (2013.01); A61L 26/0066 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); C12N 9/62 (2013.01); C12Y 304/21063 (2013.01); A61L 2300/254 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of disrupting a bacterial biofilm present on a surface, comprising applying a composition that includes a semi-alkaline protease produced by the fermentation of the fungus(Seaprose) to the bacterial biofilm, wherein application of the composition to the bacterial biofilm disrupts the matrix of the bacterial biofilm.