We make life better by delivering simple and sustainable solutions to big problems.
We create and refine intellectual property that forms a foundation from which
to build and create break-through products and technology for licensure to commercial
partners. Our products harness the power of iodine – “Natures Best
Solution” – to eliminate contaminants that threaten our water, our
health and our quality of life.
We invent, patent, prove and partner – to create best-of-class products
and technology for commercialization as we build value for our shareholders
and deliver benefits to our world.
We invent, patent, prove and partner – to create best-of-class products
and technology for commercialization as we build value for our shareholders
and deliver benefits to our world.
Invent – Three Platform Technologies
We feature three patent protected platform technologies with diverse product
opportunities across multiple industries – the AOS Filter, CupriDyne,
and Isan. Each features the use of the all-natural iodine molecule. While they
all use iodine, they are quite different in terms of the methods by which they
exploit the use of iodine, the form and composition of iodine used, and therefore
their function and value proposition can be quite different for each commercial
application.
AOS Filter
The AOS Filter is our invention that combines iodine, water filter materials
and electrolysis within a water filter device. Our filter generates extremely
high oxidation potential in order to oxidize and break-down, or otherwise eliminate,
soluble organic contaminants like acids, solvents, sulfurs, oil and gas by-products,
and pharmaceutical by-products which are commonly found in all sorts of contaminated
water. It also achieves extremely high rates of disinfection to eliminate infectious
biological pathogens like salmonella, listeria and ecoli.
Extremely high oxidation potential is the key. The term ‘oxidation potential’
refers to the measure of the performance in which an oxidant is able to ‘break
down’ a material through, in simple terms, the addition of oxygen and
the transfer of electrons. Two commonly understood examples of oxidation are,
as salt air rusts a shipyard anchor, or as fire is able to dismantle wood and
turn it into ash. The key to our AOS Filter is its ability to generate extremely
high oxidation potential in a continuous flow device that attacks contaminants
in water that flow through the AOS Filter. The extremely high oxidation potential
enables the AOS Filter to achieve performance results that researchers at the
University of Alberta refer to as, ‘unprecendented’. Our AOS Filter
embodies a break-through in science which led to BioLargos co-founding of an
ongoing research chair to solve the contaminated water issues associated with
the Canadian Oil Sands at the University of Alberta Department of Engineering
with the top five oil companies in Canada, the regional water district, and
various environmental agencies of the Canadian government. Our work is continually
expanding into a number of commercial applications with a key focus on food
processing, agriculture and oil and gas. We are also evaluating opportunities
in the maritime industry, mining, storm drain recapture / recycling, and drinking
water. It is an award-winning invention that is supported with science and engineering
financial support and grants from various federal and provincial agencies in
Canada. The financial support is expanding along with the work to develop commercially
available designs. We believe the AOS Filter has an important and substantial
commercial opportunity in every segment of the water treatment industry.
CupriDyne®
Our CupriDyne formula is used to deliver iodine within products. It can be delivered
in any physical form, and can be combined with other ingredients, like fragrances
in our odor control products, and primitive surfactants in our stain and odor
products. Additional ingredients can often be added without sacrificing its
practical and safe antimicrobial functions as well its oxidation potential.
Our product designs include liquids, sprays, gels, powders, coatings and absorbents.
Safe and effective is the key. Each of our product designs delivers nature’s
broadest spectrum and most potent disinfectant – iodine – safely
and precisely to achieve effective broad-spectrum disinfection, unsurpassed
odor and moisture control, and effective and gentle wound healing. Our primary
ingredients, as well as reaction by-products, are “generally recognized
as safe” (G.R.A.S) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as food additives
in their basic forms. Its commercial product opportunities are diverse and we
have an extensive menu of product designs in various stages of commercialization
and licensure development, discussed in detail below in the “Commercial,
Household and Personal Care Products” section. We specialize in delivering
iodine, nature’s broadest spectrum and most potent disinfectant and essential
nutrient, in safe, environmentally friendly, non-staining, non-toxic and effective
product designs.
CupriDyne is unique. The iodine most of us are familiar with, sold in pharmacies
and used by hospitals, has severe limitations – it is considered toxic,
causes staining, and contains a limited dose of the active oxidizing ingredient.
Our CupriDyne technology, on the other hand, directly addresses many of these
shortcomings – it delivers iodine’s oxidizing ingredient (“free
iodine”) with precision, ranging from very small doses up to very large
doses with more than 20 times the power of traditional iodine. We can deliver
iodine so that it is both non-toxic and non-staining, thus extending its usefulness
well beyond historical product applications. Our formulations expand the functionality
of our products well beyond simple disinfection.
Isan System
The Isan System is an automated iodine dosing system. It is the winner of a
Top 50 Water Technology Award by the Artemis Project and a Dupont Innovation
Award. Precise dosing combined with a straight-forward ‘set-it-and-forget-it’
automated computer controlled system is the key. The system features controlled
measuring, flow control, dosing and iodine extraction/removal technology as
well as an automatic tracking system that precisely delivers iodine in calibrated
doses into a water steam or container of water. The Isan system has been proven
to substantially reduce the incidence of fungal growth, spoilage, organisms
and pathogens in water and on food. The system is able to operate at high flow
rates.
First developed in Australia, the Isan system was initially registered with
the APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority) and FSANZ
(Food Standards Australia and New Zealand) in Australia and New Zealand. The
system has meaningful use and commercial value in any industry that can benefit
from a precise use of iodine in water, like; agriculture, food production and
processing, manufacturing, industrial water processes, irrigation supply.
Patent - an Expanding Intellectual Property Estate
We have 16 patents issued and multiple pending. We believe these patents provide
a foundation from which to continue building our patent portfolio and we have
reasonable basis upon which to rely on our patent protections in the field of
art in which we practice. We also rely on trade secrets and technical know-how
to establish and maintain additional protection of our intellectual property.
As our capital resources permit, we expect to expand our patent protection as
we continue to refine our inventions as well as make new discoveries. See the
detailed discussion below of our patent portfolio.
Prove - a Continual Process
We have invested time and money in a wide array of third party testing, side-by-side
comparisons and third party verifications to support our most important technical
claims. The basic attributes of iodine are well understood by science and industry.
We have evidence and experience to substantiate the following bold claims:
AOS Filter- when compared to the best of class competition we are
100 times more effective
less than 1/20th the cost
more than 10 times faster
CupriDyne
Generally Accepted As Safe (G.R.A.S.) – ingredients and by products are
GRAS according to the FDA.
Broad spectrum disinfection (>99.9%)
Potent (less than 1/20th the dose of comparable disinfectant [like chlorine]
to achieve similar results)
Total odor elimination
Non-toxic and gentle
Increases holding power of absorbents by up to six times
Promotes rapid healing (animal care products)
De-scaling
Eliminates Sulfur, Ammonia, Fatty Acids, Mercaptans
Enhanced flocculation
Nutritive
Isan System
Precise iodine dosing
Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral
Effective against top five plant pathogens
Promotes extended shelf-life
Enhances root growth and foliage growth for healthier plants
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