Plasso Technology Ltd

Biological surface technology

Plasso, formed in 2003, was spun out from the Engineering Materials Department at of the University of Sheffield. The company’s technology is based on the work of Professor Robert Short, who has several years of research experience in the field of materials science.

At the beginning of 2005, Plasso gained $2.8m in a second-round funding led by the East Hill Management Company.

Plasso Technology was acquired by BD on May 4, 2007

Sameer Kothari, CEO
Peter Highfield, Dr., Head of Life Sciences
Professor Robert Short, Chief Technical Officer and Chair of SAB

Geoffrey Beanland, Non-Executive Chairman
Landon Clay, Non-Executive Director
Alan Folwell, Non-Executive Director
Jeffrey Garner, Non-Executive Director
Sameer Kothari, CEO
Professor Robert Short, Founder and Non-Executive Director
Richard Birtles, Company Secretary

Robert Short, Prof., Chairman
James Bradley, Prof.
Ashutosh Chilkoti, Prof.
Andy Cossins, Prof.
Graham Leggett, Prof.

The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Sheffield, S1 4DP
UK
Phone: +44-114-222-0982

Plasso’s core technology is plasma polymerisation, a solvent-free coating technology that is useful to form uniform films containing specific functional groups including amine, carboxyl, alcohol, aldehyde, fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon functional groups. The coatings are optimal for the immobilisation of biomolecules such as proteins, sugars, glycoproteins, nucleic acids and cells.

The following section contains a selection of the company’s most relevant patents. For comprehensive patent information please refer to the espacenet databases.