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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:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rodolfo Alarcon, San Antonio, TX (US);
Amy K. McNulty, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/48 (2006.01); C07K 16/12 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/12 (2013.01); A61K 38/48 (2013.01); A61K 39/395 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61M 1/00 (2013.01); C07K 14/001 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for the treatment of biofilms and/or the inhibition of biofilm formation. In one embodiment, a biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation is inhibited by a method comprising contacting a biofilm or a surface with a bifunctional ligand comprising a quorum-sensing-peptide-binding region and a protease-binding region, whereby the biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation on the surface is inhibited.