ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has negotiated an exclusive license from White Hall, Inc. for the micronized, amorphous silver ion technology to treat the highly contagious skin disease, Molluscum Contagiosum.
ReBuilder Medical has been manufacturing and distributing this product since 2004 with a non-exclusive license.
Molluscum Contagiosum appears as small warts, boils or pimples that have a translucent core. It is highly contagious and is transmitted sexually in adults. In children it is transmitted through play, swimming pools, shared towels and athletic equipment. Up to now there has been no cure for the disease.
Currently available treatments in doctor's offices include cutting, burning, or freezing off the lesions. This is very painful and leaves the patient open to opportunistic secondary bacterial infections. Prescription ointments are sometimes offered, but these can burn the surrounding skin, leaving this previously healthy tissue vulnerable to cross contamination.
Molluscum Contagiosum is growing quickly all around the world. Pediatricians have reported that approximately 10% of the new patients they see are diagnosed with this skin disease. White Hall, Inc. has developed a non invasive treatment (http://www.molluscum.com/) that uses silver and a small battery powered device to stop the infection painlessly. ReBuilder Medical did the actual development work of this device under an R&D development contract.