Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tailorable medicinally coated floss for the treatment of gum disease
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Application No.: US17050961Application Date: 2019-05-01
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Publication No.: US11623076B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Harvinder Singh Gill , Seth Boese
- Applicant: Texas Tech University System
- Applicant Address: US TX Lubbock
- Assignee: Texas Tech University System
- Current Assignee: Texas Tech University System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Lubbock
- Agency: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Edwin S. Flores; Daniel J. Chalker
- International Application: PCT/US2019/030250 WO 20190501
- International Announcement: WO2019/213298 WO 20191107
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00 ; A61K9/00 ; A61K9/48 ; A61K9/70 ; A61K47/34 ; A61K31/352
Abstract:
The present invention includes a medicated dental floss and a method of making a medicated dental floss comprising: stretching a dental floss; dipping the dental floss in a biocompatible polymer—solvent bath to coat the braided dental floss; drying the coated braided dental floss; dipping the coated dental floss in a medicated solution comprising an encapsulated medicament; and drying the medicated encapsulant on the coated dental floss.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210228848A1 Tailorable Medicinally Coated Floss for the Treatment of Gum Disease Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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