Patent ID: 11969511
Assignee: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of antimicrobial treatment, the method comprising:
exposing at least one microbe in a biofilm to a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field comprises a static switched magnetic field;
wherein the magnetic field comprises a static switched magnetic field, the exposing comprising alternating between applying a first static magnetic field to the microbe and applying a second static magnetic field having a different direction than the first static magnetic field to the microbe;
wherein the alternating is performed in one or more periods of about 0.1 second to about 20 hours and a field strength of the first static magnetic field and the second static magnetic field is independently about 0.01 kG to about 10 kG; and
wherein the exposing of the biofilm to the magnetic field is alone sufficient to kill the microbe without additional treatment steps.