Patents by Inventor Irene Dobbelaer

Irene Dobbelaer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selective lysis of cells by ionic surfactants
    Patent number: 9863006
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods, kits-of-parts, and devices for the selective lysis of eukaryotic cells in a sample comprising micro-organisms such as bacteria unicellular fungi. The selective lysis is obtained by incubating the sample in an ionic surfactant under alkaline conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Biocartis NV
    Inventors: Irene Dobbelaer, Sieglinde Neerken, Paul Van De Wiel, Bart Van Meerbergen, Roel Penterman
  • SELECTIVE LYSIS OF CELLS BY IONIC SURFACTANTS
    Publication number: 20140087361
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods, kits-of-parts, and devices for the selective lysis of eukaryotic cells in a sample comprising micro-organisms such as bacteria unicellular fungi. The selective lysis is obtained by incubating the sample in an ionic surfactant under alkaline conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Irene Dobbelaer, Sieglinde Neerken, Paul Van De Wiel, Bart Van Meerbergen, Roel Penterman
  • Testing endosymbiont cellular organelles and compounds identifiable therewith
    Publication number: 20050208549
    Abstract: The invention relates to the diagnosis of disease or the determination of functioning of cellular organisms, being of multi-cellular or unicellular nature, being visible by the naked eye or being a microorganism. The invention provides a method for determining functioning of a cellular organism comprising determining the relative ratio of a first endosymbiont cellular organelle nucleic acid and/or gene product thereof in a sample obtained from the organism in relation to the amount of a second nucleic acid and/or gene product thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Bob van Gemen, Eveline Timmermans, Anthonij de Ronde, Irene Dobbelaer