Patent granted in Brasil for Parx Materials biocompatible antimicrobial and antiviral technology.
ROTTERDAM, April 13, 2021 – Parx Materials N.V. (Euronext: MLPRX), a materials innovation company, today announced that the Brazilian Patent Office has granted a patent application related to the Company's method for inhibiting bacteria attachment and formation of biofilms. The notice of allowance was issued April 13, 2021.
"We are pleased to have been granted this additional patent by the Brazilian government for our novel method for inhibiting bacteria attachment and preventing formation of biofilms," said Michael van der Jagt, CEO of Parx Materials. "We have continued to expand our intellectual property portfolio creating a coverage of roughly all key markets all over the world.”
The team of researchers working for Parx Materials discovered that for viruses and bacteria the attachment to a surface is a critical step for them to last and to proliferate. The Parx Materials technology employs for example Van der Waals forces, to create a surface that show physical barrier properties that keep microorganisms at bay. Without latching on germs follow their normal lifecycle, but without proliferation and without formation of biofilm.
Mastering this concept makes that the company can make any polymer surfaces with an antimicrobial performance of 99,9% and higher. Recent SARS-CoV-2 tests on plastic solid surfaces made with the Company’s technology show antiviral performance of 99% in 24 hours.
About Parx Materials
Over four years of dedicated biomimetic research has been invested to create safe and biocompatible technology to inhibit the growth of bacteria on the surface of plastic, with a biomimetic approach in the design and engineering of the materials. With decades of experience in Nano and biotechnologies, Parx Materials innovate for highly effective plastics with an antimicrobial effectiveness rate of Log 3/99.9% and higher measured according to ISO 22196. Products and parts made with the aid of Parx Materials' Saniconcentrate™ are biocompatible, non-toxic and above all safe for humans, animals and the environment. For more information, visit www.parxmaterials.com