ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,485, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kismet Technologies Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Nanoparticles to promote wound healing and antimicrobial infection control" was invented by Christina H. Drake (Winter Park, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound healing composition is provided that includes a tissue adhesive or epithelial tissue healing agent and metal-modified cerium oxide nanoparticles (mCNPs). The nCNPs have a predominant 3+ surface charge and are in a range of about 3-35 nanometers (nm) in size and mixed in an amount that is in a range of about 0.01 to 0.1 weight percentage of a mixture having the tissue adhesive or epith...