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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Sterilex, Llc, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Alexander Simmons, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward Fu, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sterilex, LLC, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 21/77 (2013.01);
Abstract
Generation of foam when spraying biofilm-detection compositions onto a surface may entrain air and create bubbles, which lead to false positives. Aqueous biofilm-detecting compositions containing low-foaming surfactants, radical scavenger, solvent, thickener, hydrogen peroxide, chelating and coupling agent may be sprayed onto a surface to test for the presence of biofilm without generating excess bubbles or foam.