Patent ID: 9399044
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A01N,A61K,C08G,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: treating a medical condition caused by at least one bacterium by contacting the bacterium with a cationic polyamine, thereby killing the bacterium, wherein the cationic polyamine has a polymer backbone comprising: wherein X ⊖ is a negative-charged counterion bound by non-covalent association with the positive charged nitrogen labeled 1, and wherein K′ comprises at least one carbon; and wherein no backbone nitrogen of the cationic polyamine is present as a quaternary ammonium salt, the cationic polyamine has a hemolysis HC20 value of greater than 1000 mg/L, and the first ethylenimine unit and the second ethylenimine unit of the polymer backbone are directly and/or indirectly covalently linked.