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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ; A01N / ; A01N / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 29 ; 514 31 ; 514 34 ; 514 37 ; 514 39 ; 514 41 ; 514152 ; 514153 ; 514154 ; 514198 ; 514199 ; 514200 ; 514201 ; 514202 ; 514203 ; 514204 ; 514205 ; 514206 ; 514207 ; 514208 ; 514209 ; 514312 ; 514460 ; 606 32 ; 606 33 ; 606 34 ; 43 98 ; 607122 ; 607126 ; 607134 ; 607138 ;
Abstract
A method of killing microorganisms which form a biofilm on a tissue or implant surfaces in a patient, and which are refractory to a biocide at a dose which is effective to kill the microorganism in planktonic form. The effect of the biocide is potentiated, to an effective killing level, by applying an electric field across the surface containing the biofilm.