US Patent Issued to AHV International on Aug. 18 for "Compositions for disrupting biofilm formation and for treating biofilm-related disorders" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,612, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to AHV International B.V. (Zwolle, Netherlands).

"Compositions for disrupting biofilm formation and for treating biofilm-related disorders" was invented by Gerrit Jan Streefland (Arrien, Netherlands) and Jan De Rooij (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to thiosulfur containing compositions, in particular propyl-propane thiosulfonate (PTSO) and propyl-propane-thiosulfinate (PTS). Such compositions are useful for treating infection and reducing or degrading biofilms both in vivo and in vitro. In particular, such compositions are useful in the treatment of biofilm-related...