US 12,220,497 B2
Materials and methods for decontaminating animal integument
Christopher Brian France, Arvada, CO (US)
Assigned to TDA Research, Inc., Golden, CO (US)
Filed by TDA Research, Inc, Wheat Ridge, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,302, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080072 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/26 (2013.01) [A61L 2/0082 (2013.01); A61L 2/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2202/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An effective method for decontaminating an outer integument of an animal without transferring contamination to an inner integument of the animal, the method comprising:
(a) providing a contaminated animal, wherein the contaminated animal has the outer integument comprising of either fur, hair, or feathers; wherein the animal has the inner integument comprising skin; and wherein a skin-hazard material is present on the outer integument;
(b) providing a first porous dry wipe;
(c) using the first porous dry wipe to sequester the skin-hazard material away from the contaminated animal by either wiping, blotting or rubbing the outer integument of the contaminated animal;
(d) not using free-flowing liquid in contact with the inner integument of the contaminated animal;
(e) not promoting a liquid-phase transfer of the skin-hazard material from the outer integument to the inner integument;
wherein, the method does not comprise reacting, binding, oxidizing, hydrolyzing, or otherwise chemically detoxifying the skin-hazard material.