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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
John F. Kokai-kun, Frederick, MD (US);
Julie M. Adams, Columbia, MD (US);
James J. Mond, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Scott M. Walsh, Germantown, MD (US);
Anjali G. Shah, North Potomac, MD (US);
Tanya I. Chanturiya, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
John F. Kokai-Kun, Frederick, MD (US);
Julie M. Adams, Columbia, MD (US);
James J. Mond, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Scott M. Walsh, Germantown, MD (US);
Anjali G. Shah, North Potomac, MD (US);
Tanya I. Chanturiya, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Biosynexus Incorporated, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
Methods for treating patients in which damaged tissue or an indwelling prosthetic device or catheter has a bacterial biofilm growing thereon, to at least partially disrupt said biofilm, by administering at least one antibacterial enzyme that is lethal or damaging to the biofilm-forming bacteria in an amount that is effective to at least partially disrupt the biofilm upon contact therewith. Methods for prophylactically treating a patient, and methods for disinfecting or sterilizing a surface ex-vivo to remove a biofilm or prevent biofilm growth are also disclosed, as well as implantable articles susceptible to biofilm growth to which a prophylactic coating of an antibacterial enzyme has been applied.