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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Woodbury, MN (US);
Catherine D. Heapy, North Saint Paul, MN (US);
Tiffany J. Hanson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Brittney K. T. Scott, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jonathan D. M. Helander, Riverside, CA (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods for removing spores from skin, the method including dispensing an effective amount of a composition into or onto an article, wherein the composition includes water and from about 0.04 wt % to about 4 wt % polymeric cationic antimicrobial, nonionic antimicrobial or combinations thereof; contacting a skin surface with the composition; mechanically acting on the skin surface for at least one (1) second while the skin surface is in the presence of the composition; and removing at least a portion of the composition from the surface of the skin, wherein removing the composition also removes spores from the skin surface.