Patent ID: 7393522

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a medical condition selected from the groups consisting of disinfection or decontamination of open wounds and burns, promotion of wound healing, and ocular disinfection or decontamination in a patient in need of such treatment comprising: applying to a treatment site with an effective amount of a stable aqueous physiologically balanced, ionized solution comprising an acidic solution of hypohalous acid with a concentration from about 10 ppm to about 200 ppm; a halide comprising salt, from about 0.4 g/L to about 20.4 g/L, said solution having a pH range from about 3.0 to about 4.0, an original oxidation reduction potential (ORP) at room temperature ranging from about +600 mV to about +1200 mV, and said ORP ranging from no less than about 90 to 97.5% of the original ORP after three months at room temperature; and said solution when stored in a chemically non-reactive container at room temperature over at least three months, the solution is characterized as having a reduced hypohalous acid concentration of between 1-95% as determined by UV-VIS or by iodometric titration.