Patents Assigned to Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Patent number: 11971310Abstract: An optical fibre, for use in the field of distributed measurement of temperature or deformation by optical reflectometry in the frequency domain using the Rayleigh backscattered signal in the fibre, includes a core doped with nanoparticles for example formed from gold particles covered with zirconium oxide, and can be subjected to high temperatures during the measurement. A method for producing the optical fibre includes a step of heat treatment during which the optical fibre is subjected, for a duration of at least one hour, to a heat treatment temperature higher than a maximum temperature to which it will be subjected during a measurement.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE LILLEInventors: Patrick Bulot, Remy Bernard, Odile Cristini, Monika Bouet, Guillaume Laffont, Marc Douay
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Patent number: 11971312Abstract: A measurement core for measuring nuclear heating, the core extending in a longitudinal direction and having a main plane, includes at least: a first layer of material, forming a first sample; a first thin layer of electrical insulation on the first sample; a thin conductive layer forming a heating electrical resistor on the first layer of electrical insulation; and a second thin layer of electrical insulation on the heating electrical resistor. A calorimetric sensor includes: an outer jacket; a gas contained in the jacket; a measurement core disposed in the jacket; a link for holding the core in the jacket and transferring the heat between the core and the jacket; and temperature measurement capable of measuring the temperature at a hot point, and the temperature at a cold point.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE D'AIX-MARSEILLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Christelle Reynard-Carette, Adrien Volte, Abdallah Lyoussi, Michel Carette
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Patent number: 11971516Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting a fluid, including at least one step of: measuring by at least one sensor of a wave propagating in an environment of the wave, in order to obtain at least one measured signal, the wave being particularly a mechanical wave; splitting the measured signal over a plurality of split time intervals with a predefined duration in order to obtain samples of the measured signal; computing the temporal coherence of the samples; and determination of the presence of the fluid using the computed temporal coherence.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventor: Christophe Voisin
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Publication number: 20240135991Abstract: The electronic circuit performs binary computation operations and comprises word, bit and source lines, and memory cells organized in rows and columns. Each cell includes one pair of memristors and one pair of switches, each memristor being connected to a switch and linked to the same source line during each computation operation, each pair of memristors storing a binary value; the switches being linked to a word line and to a pair of complementary bit lines. The circuit comprises a reading module including: a logic unit for each column, each comprising an input terminal connected to a source line to receive a column value, the logic unit toggling between values, depending on a comparison of the column value with a toggle threshold value; a modification unit for modifying, for at least one logic unit and depending on the computation operation, a difference between the column and threshold values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université d'Aix-MarseilleInventors: Mona EZZADEEN, Bastien GIRAUD, Jean-Philippe NOEL, Jean-Michel PORTAL
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Publication number: 20240133759Abstract: A pressure-measuring device including an optical fibre with a thinned portion, a laser, called the heating laser, arranged to emit an optical wave, called the heating wave, into the thinned portion, a measuring means including a sensor that is arranged to measure a backscattered optical wave that is generated by an optical wave, called the interrogation wave, and that originates in the thinned portion of the optical fibre, and a processing unit arranged and/or programmed to measure a pressure of a fluid, preferably a gas, encircling the thinned portion, on the basis of the measurement of the backscattered wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTEInventors: Jean-Charles BEUGNOT, Jacques CHRETIEN, Adrien GODET, Kien PHAN HUY, Jérôme SALVI
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Patent number: 11958804Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 2,5-furanedicarboxylate-based MOFs, such as, MIL-160(AI) metal-organic framework, for separating C6 alkane isomers into linear, mono-branched and di-branched isomers. The present invention also relates to the use of 2,5-furanedicarboxylate-based MOFs, such as, MIL-160(AI) metal-organic framework, preferably in combination with Zeolite 5A for producing higher research octane number gasoline blends. Also within the scope of the invention is a system for separating C6 and C5 alkane isomer mixtures into linear, mono-branched and di-branched fractions.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA, ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE DE PARIS, UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTOInventors: Christian Serre, Farid Nouar, José Silva, Alírio Rodrigues, Pedro Brântuas
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Patent number: 11957435Abstract: An acousto-optic imaging method in which light waves and unfocused acoustic waves having various directions of propagation m are emitted in a medium, by spatially modulating the amplitude of the ultrasonic transducers of an array of transducers according to several periodic spatial amplitude modulations j, and the resulting optical signal Smj(t) is captured. For each direction of propagation m, the signals Smj(t) are spatially demodulated in order to determine a signal Sm(t) used to reconstruct the image of the medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSEInventors: François Ramaz, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Jean-Baptiste Laudereau, Clément Dupuy, Jean-Michel Tualle
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Publication number: 20240116923Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, for use as drug for inhibiting ferroptosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: Seabelife, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Universite, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Universite de Rennes 1Inventors: Stéphane BACH, Arnaud COMTE, Claire DELEHOUZE, Marie-Thérèse DIMANCHE-BOITREL, Peter GOEKJIAN
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Publication number: 20240118471Abstract: An optical structure comprising at least one stack having a central filter (1) and two sandwiching optical elements (2,3) between which the central filter (1) is interposed, wherein the central filter (1) is in a matrix material. The matrix material being doped with at least one doping agent, the central filter (1) and the two optical elements (2,3) on either side thereof being assembled by bonding layers (4a, 4b) of a material based on the same matrix material as that of the central filter, the optical elements (2,3) on either side of the central filter (1) and the bonding layers (4a, 4b) each having a refractive index equal to that of the material of the central filter or only differing from this refractive index within a range of plus or minus 0.05, preferably within a range of plus or minus 0.02.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: UNIVERSITE CALAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYONInventors: Stéphane PAROLA, Cesar LOPES, Denis CHATEAU, Frederic CHAPUT
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Publication number: 20240116043Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst material, includes: (a) providing a support material having surface hydroxyl (OH) groups, the support material is ceria (CeO2), zirconia (ZrO2) or a combination, and the support material contains between 0.3 and 2.0 mmol OH groups/g of the support material; (b) reacting the support material with at least one of: (b1) a compound containing at least one alkoxy or phenoxy group bound though its oxygen atom to a metal element from Group 5 (V, Nb, Ta) or Group 6 (Cr, Mo, W); (b2) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element from Group 5 or 6; (b3) a compound containing at least one hydrocarbon group bound though a carbon atom to a metal element which is copper (Cu); and (c) calcining the product obtained in step (b).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE PHYSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE DE LYONInventors: Phuc Hai NGUYEN, Nicolas MERLE, Marc-Olivier CHARLIN, Kai Chung SZETO, Mostafa TAOUFIK
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Patent number: 11950919Abstract: The invention concerns a method for calibrating a system for real-time measurement of the activity of a cognitive function of a test subject, the method comprising the successive steps of: acquiring electrical signals representative of a neural activity of a test subject; calculating values of markers of the cognitive function activity; generating a plurality of copies of calculated values of markers and adding noise to the generated copies; and, constructing a classifier by machine learning, based on the calculated marker values and noisy copies, the classifier being suitable for measuring the activity of the cognitive function of the test subject by calculating a probability that an electrical signal representative of the neural activity of the test subject results from a predetermined activity state of the cognitive function of the test subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Superieure e Physique Et De Chimie Industrielles De La Ville De Paris, Sorbonne Universite, Paris Sciences et LettresInventors: François Vialatte, Aldo Mora-Sanchez, Gérard Dreyfus, Antoine Gaume, Alfredo Aram Pulini
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Patent number: 11956605Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (40) for generating a control signal for an electrical system (S), comprising: an analog block (46) connected to the input (42) and to the output (44) of the generation device (40), the analog block (46) comprising an electrical circuit comprising a passive analog component, a measuring component and a generator, a digital block (50) comprising at least one digitally controllable component (70), the passive analog component of the electrical circuit being configured so as to generate the first component of the control signal and the generator of the electrical circuit being configured so as to generate the second component of the control signal, the electrical circuit being configured so as to sum the first and the second component that are generated in order to obtain the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET DE COORDINATION ACOUSTIQUE/MUSIAUE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITEInventors: Thomas Helie, Tristan Lebrun
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Patent number: 11945879Abstract: The invention relates to multispecific antibody constructs comprising Fab fragments having mutations at the interface of the CH1 and CL domains, said mutations preventing heavy chain/light chain mispairing.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Jean Kadouche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, University of LausanneInventors: Jean Kadouche, Jean-Pierre Mach, Olivier Michielin, Vincent Zoete, Justyna Iwaszkiewicz, Martine Cerutti, Sylvie Choblet, Josee Golay
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Patent number: 11944473Abstract: Collimation device for an X-ray detection system, the collimation device comprising: a collimator comprising a substantially planar support made of a material with partial or zero radiotransparency, the support being rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (?) which passes through the support and which is perpendicular to a first face of the support which acts as an X-ray plane of incidence referred to as the main plane of the support (P), the support (D) being provided on the first face with a slit which is completely transparent to X-rays and which is configured to generate an X-ray flow when the collimator is exposed to an X-ray source, the slit extending longitudinally in the main plane of the support along an axis located at a non-zero distance (d) from the axis of rotation (?), the slit extending through the entire thickness of the support.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Université Grenoble Alpes, Surgiqual Institute, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, École Centrale de Lyon, CPE LYON FORMATION CONTINUE ET RECHERCHEInventors: Yannick Grondin, Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Pierrick Guiral, Patrick Pittet
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Patent number: 11945930Abstract: Organic solid three-dimensional polymeric foams, a process for preparing the same, and use thereof, the foams includes a solid continuous phase and pores, wherein the foams have a pore size ranging from 50 nm to 200 ?m and a volumetric fraction of the solid continuous phase is from 0.1 to 60%, with respect to the total volume of the foams, and a polydispersity index from 1 to 30%, the foams being ordered over a volume of at least 100 pores.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: PARIS SCIENCES ET LETTRES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLE DE LA VILLE DE PARISInventors: Ilham Maimouni, Maria Russo, Janine Cossy, Patrick Tabeling
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Patent number: 11945965Abstract: Silicone material obtained by a reaction between:—at least one organopolysiloxane (A) that has a molar mass of less than 70,000 g/mol, preferably less than 50,000 g/mol, and contains siloxyl units I.1 and I.2; and—at least one organic compound (B) carrying at least two carboxylic acid groups and having no unsaturation. Y a ? Z b 1 ? SiO 4 - ( a + b ) 2 ( I ? .1 ) Z c 2 ? SiO 4 - c 2 ( I ? .Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: ELKEM SILICONES FRANCE SAS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES LYON, UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNEInventors: François Ganachaud, Daniel Portinha De Almeida, Etienne Fleury, Gabriel Duaux, Aymeric Genest, Emmanuel Pouget
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Patent number: 11948548Abstract: A phonon parametric oscillator is provided. The phonon parametric oscillator comprises a laser for periodically emitting brief optical pulses (IL), an assembly for generating acoustic pulses (IA) and a medium for coupling the acoustic pulses to an object (O), the assembly for generating acoustic pulses comprising an entrance face, an exit face, a conversion medium for converting the brief optical pulses into acoustic pulses and a propagation medium for propagating said acoustic pulses, the entrance and exit faces being reflective to the acoustic pulses, the propagation medium having a defined thickness, the exit face making contact with the coupling medium. In the phonon parametric oscillator according to the invention, the round-trip time of an acoustic pulse due to reflection from the entrance and exit faces, is equal to the emission period (?) of the laser, so that the reflected acoustic pulse is in phase with the following acoustic pulse.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, JUNIA, UNIVERSITE DE LILLE, CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUTInventor: Arnaud Devos
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Patent number: 11947101Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (200) for transporting and controlling light beams comprising a light guide (40) comprising a bundle (50) of uncoupled single-mode optical fibers (Fi), each single-mode optical fiber (Fi) being intended to receive an elementary light beam (B1i) at a proximal end and to emit a light beam (B2i) at a distal end, said bundle of single-mode optical fibers comprising, in operation, a minimum radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum curvature of the bundle of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Université de Lille, Ecole Centrale de MarseilleInventors: Hervé Rigneault, Géraud Bouwmans, Esben Andresen, Siddarth Sivankutty, Viktor Tsvirkun, Olivier Vanvincq
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Publication number: 20240099806Abstract: A system to localize a micro-device inside a target body part, including: a micro-device remotely steered and controlled from outside the target body part, a control unit including a memory for storing one ultrasound image of the target body part, one probe being brought in contact with a securing body part of the patient, and at least one tracker connected to the micro-device. The probe and the tracker communicate with ultrasounds, the control unit being thus able to localize, in real time, the tracker within an internal referential defined with regards to the probe, and the control unit displays, on a screen, the ultrasound image and displays, in real time, the localization of the micro-device on the ultrasound image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: ROBEAUTE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE)Inventors: Quentin FRANCOIS, Bertrand DUPLAT, Sinan HALIYO, Stéphane RÉGNIER, Pierre ZARADER, Olivier COUTURE, Antoine COUDERT
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Publication number: 20240100365Abstract: A method for monitoring a hadron beam during hadron-therapy treatment of a subject including tumour cells labelled with a radiopharmaceutical product, in which the hadron beam includes a plurality of discrete hadron bursts, the method including the following steps: when a burst impacts on the subject, detecting the prompt gamma generated by the interaction of the hadrons of the burst with the tissues of the subject using a Compton telescope and reconstructing an image of the interaction volume; when no burst impacts on the subject, extracting the position of the tumour cells labelled with the radiopharmaceutical product using the Compton telescope and reconstructing an image of the total volume of the tumour; comparing the image of the interaction volume and the image of the total volume of the tumour so as to locate the measured interaction volume relative to the measured total volume of the tumour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT MINES TÉLÉCOMInventors: Dominique THERS, Jean-Sébastien STUTZMANN