Patent ID: 8303994
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for killing or essentially eradicating pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus and super antigens resident in the upper respiratory tract of a mammal, said method comprising formulating an aqueous composition containing a source of iodide and iodate at a pH of less than about 6.5 for generating a concentration of between about 25 ppm to about 250 ppm of molecular iodine (I 2 ) in situ through an oxidation-reduction reaction with the source of iodide and iodate being at a minimum concentration of at least 20 ppm of iodide and 6.9 ppm of iodate, respectively and with said molecular iodine (I 2 ) comprising at least 50% of the total iodine atoms in said aqueous composition, and with said aqueous composition having a maximum concentration of I 2 which yields a vapor pressure equal to or less than that observed in a 250 ppm solution of I 2 in 0.1 N hydrochloric acid at room temperature and administering said aqueous composition to said mammal within a short time period following formation of said aqueous composition containing both the source of iodide and iodate at said minimum concentration levels.