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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent Fischetti, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Lawrence Loomis, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
New Horizon Diagnostics Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 3/843 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 3/843 ;
Abstract
A composition for treatment of bacterial infections of burns and wounds of the skin comprises an effective amount of at least one lytic enzyme produced by a bacteria infected with a bacteriophage specific for said bacteria, and a carrier for delivering said at least one lytic enzyme to the skin. The carrier may be, but is not limited to, a liquid solution applied to a bandage.