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Anti-Viral Cleaning Composition Patented by Morehouse School of Medicine

Devmar Products and Innovative Environmental Companies are also named in US Patent No. 11,485,939 B2.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 11,485,939 B2 (Walter Hawkins, Sharon W. Reynolds, James W. Lillard, Jr.); Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta; Devmar Products of Nashville, TN; and Innovative Environmental Companies of Rockford, IL have been awarded a patent for a liquid cleaning composition for decontamination against viruses. It is comprised of a granular absorbent material coated with a biocide, wherein the biocide forms a surface bonded film on the granular absorbent material; and one or more sanitation agents absorbed in said granular absorbent material, wherein said one or more sanitation agents comprise a surfactant. The cleaning composition comprises one or more liquid phase biocides selected from the group consisting of chlorine bleach solutions, hydrogen peroxide solutions, peracetic acid, quaternary amine solutions, alcohol solutions, periodine solutions, dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride and mixtures thereof.

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