US 11,925,117 B2
Light activated photoreaction via genetic hybridization of far-red fluorescent protein and silk
Jung Woo Leem, West Lafayette, IN (US); Seung Ho Choi, West Lafayette, IN (US); and Young L. Kim, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,222.
Application 17/704,222 is a continuation of application No. 15/874,864, filed on Jan. 18, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/593,976, filed on Dec. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,332, filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285635 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. C12P 1/00 (2006.01); A23B 7/015 (2006.01); A23B 7/154 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); B01D 29/62 (2006.01); B01D 46/66 (2022.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01); C07K 19/00 (2006.01); C09K 11/06 (2006.01); H01G 9/20 (2006.01); H10K 30/30 (2023.01); H10K 30/82 (2023.01); H10K 85/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 85/761 (2023.02) [A23B 7/015 (2013.01); A23B 7/154 (2013.01); A61L 2/0052 (2013.01); A61L 2/0076 (2013.01); A61L 2/084 (2013.01); A61L 2/088 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/0624 (2013.01); B01D 29/62 (2013.01); B01D 46/66 (2022.01); C07K 14/43504 (2013.01); C07K 14/43586 (2013.01); C07K 19/00 (2013.01); C09K 11/06 (2013.01); H01G 9/2018 (2013.01); H10K 30/30 (2023.02); H10K 30/82 (2023.02); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0663 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01); C09K 2211/14 (2013.01); H01G 9/2059 (2013.01); H10K 2102/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/102 (2023.02); H10K 2102/103 (2023.02); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of disinfection of a surface of an object exposed to or attached to harmful microorganisms including pathogenic bacteria and viruses, comprising:
placing a predetermined quantity of a hybridized fluorescent silk i) directly on to a skin surface of a subject; or ii) on a medium and then placing the medium on the skin surface of the subject;
applying light in the visible spectrum for a predetermined amount of time to the placed quantity of the hybridized fluorescent silk, wherein the hybridization is based on red fluorescent protein.