Patents Assigned to REALCO
  • Publication number: 20250369030
    Abstract: A method is for collecting microorganisms from surfaces, for subsequent laboratory detection and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: REALCO
    Inventors: Laurent DELHALLE, Sébastien FASTREZ
  • Publication number: 20250354193
    Abstract: A sterile sampling composition includes a surfactant, one or more enzymes chosen from the group consisting of a protease, a polysaccharidase, a laccase, a lipase, a cellulase and a mannanase. A sampling kit includes the sterile sampling composition. A sampling method is based on the sterile sampling composition or kit and use of this composition or kit for the detection of bacteria on a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: REALCO
    Inventors: Laurent DELHALLE, Sébastien FASTREZ
  • Publication number: 20210222089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for removing biofilms, said composition comprising at least one enzyme component and at least one detergent component, the at least one enzyme component containing ?-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminidase, and the detergent component containing at least one wetting agent, at least one chelating agent and at least one dispersing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicants: REALCO, SYMBIOSE BIOMATERIALS
    Inventors: Gordon Blackman, Sébastien Fastrez, Camille Gathy, Carine Bebrone, Hélène Vandegaart, Guérin Duysens
  • Patent number: 10683529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kit for detecting biofilms, which is in particular compatible with the agri-food industry and comprises a biofilm staining solution containing a stain in solution in a dilution phase compatible with the agri-food industry, wherein said stain is Coomassie blue, and a cleaning solution comprising said dilution phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: REALCO
    Inventors: Gauthier Boels, Gordon Blackman, Almudena Calabozo
  • Publication number: 20190352692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate impregnated with at least one composition comprising at least one enzymatic component for the sampling of microorganisms present on a surface, in particular for the sampling of microorganisms that may or may not have formed a biofilm on said surface, said at least one composition having a dynamic viscosity of between 50 and 2000 mPa·s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: REALCO
    Inventors: Gordon Blackman, Sébastien Fastrez, Camille Gathy