ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,749, issued on July 21, was assigned to CORTICALIS AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Multi-functional cleaning and/or debridement composition" was invented by Stale Petter Lyngstadaas (Nesoddtangen, Norway) and Havard J. Haugen (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a new multifunctional debridement and/or antifouling composition comprising H2O2 at a final concentration of between 0.1-5% v/v, and a composite hydrogel formulation comprising poloxamers at a concentration of 10-40% w/v, wherein the composition is in liquid form at room temperature. The composition disclosed herein is antimicrobial and/or anti-in...