HOCl Genesis™ · Moisture-activated

The body’s own antimicrobial, made to last.

MedeSol has developed chemistry that stores hypochlorous acid (HOCl) on solid materials and releases it when moisture is present. HOCl is the antimicrobial the human immune system makes for itself, and in 2025 the World Health Organization added it to its Model List of Essential Medicines. Its historic limitation is simple: conventional HOCl is a liquid, and it stops working once it dries. Our HOCl Genesis™ platform removes that limitation.

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HOCl Genesis™

Dry until it’s needed. Active the moment it is.

Treated materials are stable while dry and become active on contact with moisture from food, the body, or the air. The same approach has been applied to superabsorbent polymers (SAP), zeolites, and absorbent pads.

Cutaway of a coated granule: a white mineral core inside a thin green active coating, with a water droplet on the surface releasing HOCl that destroys a bacterium and breaks up odor molecules — A coated granule: the partner’s material at the core, a stable active coating, and HOCl released when moisture arrives.

What MedeSol brings to a partner

A substrate-agnostic platform. One chemistry adds persistent antimicrobial and odor-control function to materials a manufacturer already makes, with no fragrance or masking agents.
Patent protection. A published patent family on modified SAP and granular substrates (U.S., China, India, Indonesia), plus pending applications in food preservation and odor control.
Laboratory validation. Demonstrated in the lab across absorbent hygiene, food packaging, and wound care. Detailed data is shared with partners under a confidentiality agreement.
Skin safety. No skin reactions in any skin-safety study MedeSol has commissioned, including human patch testing of treated materials.

Wound care

Antimicrobial dressings, in development

Dressing materials designed to release HOCl as wound fluid reaches them, for acute, traumatic, and chronic wounds. Currently in preclinical development.

Absorbent hygiene

Odor and microbial control, built in

Coated superabsorbent and mineral particles for incontinence products, pads, and liners, working from inside the absorbent core.

Food preservation

Packaging that keeps protecting

Active meat pads and produce inserts that release ultra-low levels of HOCl through refrigerated storage to slow spoilage, with no change to packaging formats.

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Also from MedeSol: Liquid HOCl

Pure, stable HOCl solutions, made at Alden Medical’s FDA-registered facility for consumer, professional, and international channels.

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In 2025, the World Health Organization put HOCl on its Model List of Essential Medicines as a disinfectant — a milestone for a molecule the world is only beginning to harness.

“HOCl is a well-studied, non-toxic, non-corrosive, easy-to-use compound, and a more effective and safer alternative to other chlorine-based disinfectants.” — Dr. Myriam Henkens, International Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

WHO Essential Medicines List (2025) Patents pending — U.S. & international OdorSol® consumer brand Manufactured by Alden Medical (FDA-registered)

Out of the lab

Proven in a consumer product.

Our HOCl Genesis™ leave-behind chemistry has been commercialized in consumer odor-control products under the OdorSol® brand, evidence the science works outside the laboratory.

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From white blood cells to the wider world

The same molecule your immune system has used since the dawn of life — now engineered to persist in the dressings, packaging, and products people use every day.