Patents Assigned to Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
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Publication number: 20180172974Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device for measuring the position of an object along a first axis, the object being subjected to light radiations emitted by a light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicants: Paris Sciences Et Lettres - Quartier Latin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Universite Paris Diderot Paris 7Inventors: Vincent Croquette, Jean-François Allemand, Thibault Vielle
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Patent number: 9994815Abstract: A method for in vitro obtaining human retinal progenitors, includes the steps of (i) placing an adherent culture of human pluripotent stem cells in a pro-neural medium; and (ii) maintaining this culture in the pro-neural medium until the appearance of pigmented cells and/or of neuroepithelial-like structures. Additional steps can be performed to obtain RPE cells and/or precursors of the neural retina.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Sacha Reichman, Olivier Goureau, José-Alain Sahel
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Patent number: 9987167Abstract: An input signal (f) representative of a scene to be viewed comprises, for each pixel of a matrix of pixels, an event-based asynchronous-signal sequence obtained as a function of variations of light relating to the pixel in the scene. This input signal is transformed spatially within the matrix of pixels and temporally along the signal sequences to generate respective control signals (S) for pixel zones of a device for aiding vision (20).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRSInventors: Henri Lorach, Ryad Benosman, Jose Sahel, Srege Picaud
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Publication number: 20180148336Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a boron phosphide, more specifically BP and/or B12P2, comprising the mechanochemical reaction of boron phosphate (BPO4) with at least one alkaline earth metal (EA). In particular, the process of the invention allows for the selective preparation of either BP or B12P2 with more than 95% purity, through the reduction of boron phosphate (BPO4) with at least one alkaline earth metal (EA) according to reaction (1) for BP and according to reaction (2) for B12P2: BPO4+4 EA->BP+4 EA(O) (1) 2BPO4+5 (EA)B2+3 EA->B12P2+8 EA(O) (2). The present invention further relates to boron phosphide powders, in particular BP or B12P2 powders, of nanometric or micrometric size.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicants: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSEInventors: Yann LE GODEC, Vladimir A. MUKHANOV, Vladimir L. SOLOZHENKO, Petr S. SOKOLOV, Dominique VREL
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Patent number: 9962540Abstract: A biocompatible carbon based electrode, and its preparation process are described. The electrode is formed by first and second biocompatible chemically oxygen terminated or H-terminated carbon-based materials. The first material is configured to promote the growth or at least the direct interfacing of adult neurons on the first material without substantially promoting the growth and direct interfacing of glial cells on the first material. The second material presents a peptide coating to promote the growth and at least the direct interfacing of adult glial cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Serge Picaud, Amel Bendali, Philippe Bergonzo, Valerie Forster-Fradot, Jose-Alain Sahel
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Publication number: 20180105574Abstract: A present invention relates to isolated peptides obtained from human fibrinogen for their use as drug, particularly for the prevention and/or the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases, more particularly acne. The present invention also relates to fragments of these polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding them, expression vectors, host cells, a pharmaceutical composition and a combination product containing them, and their use for treating and/or preventing inflammatory skin diseases, particularly acne.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: Universite Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris - SUD, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Gustave-RoussyInventors: Nicolas Dupin, Philippe Grange, Vincent Calvez, Joël Raingeaud
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Publication number: 20180105872Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparation of substrates for nucleic acid sequencing reactions. More specifically, the present invention provides a new method of preparing hairpins using force-induced strand invasion. Hairpins prepared by this method and methods of nucleic acid analysis using these hairpins are also part of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicants: PARIS SCIENCES ET LETTRES-QUARTIER LATIN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT PARIS 7Inventors: Vincent CROQUETTE, Jimmy OUELLET
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Patent number: 9938528Abstract: The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for treating HIV-1 infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of SGT1 activity or expression.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD, INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY, UNIVERSITE PARIS DECARTES, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, INSTITUT PASTEUR, INSTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LE MALATTIE INFETTIE IRCCS LAZZARO SPALLANZANI, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS (APHP)Inventors: Guido Kroemer, Jean-Luc Perfettini, Marie-Lise Gougeon, Awatef Allouch, Mauro Piacentini
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Patent number: 9932376Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antimicrobial peptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptides, and the uses thereof, in particular as antimicrobial drugs, disinfectants, pesticides or preservatives. The present invention also relates to a transgenic plant expressing said novel peptides.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)Inventors: Ali Ladram, Denis Sereno, Thierry Foulon, Bruno Oury
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Patent number: 9933609Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device for measuring the position of an object along a first axis, the object being subjected to light radiations emitted by a light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: Paris Sciences Et Lettres—Quartier Latin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Universite Paris Diderot Paris 7Inventors: Vincent Croquette, Jean-François Allemand, Thibault Vielle
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Patent number: 9933368Abstract: A device for analyzing at least one oxidizable molten metal using a LIBS technique, including: a LIBS analyzer; a mechanical rotary mechanism stirring a liquid bath of the at least one oxidizable molten metal, and including a central section, to be positioned above the liquid bath of the at least one oxidizable molten metal, including an internal cavity forming an analysis chamber, the central section including a first end connected to the LIBS analyzer, and a plurality of mechanical stirring paddles to be partially submerged in the liquid bath of the at least one oxidizable molten metal and that are connected to a second end of the central section opposite the first end of the central section, the LIBS analyzer configured to allow the surface of the at least one oxidizable molten metal located in the portion plumb with the internal cavity of the central portion to be analyzed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)Inventors: Malek Benmansour, Rafik Benrabbah, Jean-Paul Garandet, Daniel Morvan
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Patent number: 9915655Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining whether a protein binds to a specific DNA sequence. This method is useful in particular for identifying modifications to the DNA sequence (e.g. methylations) via the binding of proteins that specifically recognize those modifications (e.g. antibodies), but also to identify the binding sequence on DNA of a variety of proteins.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)Inventors: David Bensimon, Vincent Croquette, Harold Gouet, Jean-Francois Allemand, Fang-Yuan Ding
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Publication number: 20180063506Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the 3D reconstruction of a scene comprising the matching (610) of a first event from among the first asynchronous successive events of a first sensor with a second event from among the second asynchronous successive events of a second sensor depending on a minimisation (609) of a cost function (E).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicants: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE)Inventors: Ieng SIO-HOI, Benosman RYAD, Shi BERTRAM
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Patent number: 9895197Abstract: A device for guiding a medical instrument (2) inserted into a natural duct (101) or an artificial duct of a patient in order to bring at least a distal end (1) of the instrument in proximity to an internal organ (100). The device includes an articulated arm (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom, for moving a proximal end (4) of the instrument, and a controlled blocking mechanism (7) for blocking the degrees of freedom of the articulated arm. The blocking mechanism is designed in such a way that, for at least one of the degrees of freedom, a blockage imposed on the degree of freedom can be released when an outer stress exerted on the instrument (2) exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, KIELISInventors: Cecile Poquet, Pierre Mozer, Michael Baumann, Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Antoine Leroy, Patrick Henri
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Patent number: 9898566Abstract: A method is provided for providing an automated assistance to design an analog non linear circuit under transient conditions, and to a corresponding system. The method enables the circuit designer to consider with simulation the time reactive effects of generally nonlinear components, while keeping the significant and intuitive qualities of an analysis view design tool like the CAIRO+/CHAMS environment. The method includes at least a transient instant solving procedure producing a numerical simulation that uses a given set of sizes and biases to provide a set of local behavior parameters in at least one node at current time. This transient instant solving procedure includes an incremental iteration under transient conditions of an evaluation in an analysis view of a dependency graph of the functional structure of the circuit. An optional transient analysis performs a numerical simulation to provide a time dependent behavior simulation of the circuit, and a performance evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Ramy Iskander, Marie-Minerve Louerat, Andreas Kaiser, Farakh Javid
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Patent number: 9886768Abstract: Method for visual tracking of at least one object represented by a cluster of points with which information is associated, characterized in that it includes steps to: receive (E1) data representing a set of space-time events, determine (E2) the probability that an event in the set belongs to the cluster of points representing the at least one object, for each event in the received set, determine (E3) whether or not an event belongs to the cluster of points as a function of the determined probability for the event considered, for each event in the received set, update (E4) information associated with the cluster of points for at least one object, for each event for which it was determined in the previous step that it belongs to the cluster of points, calculate (E4, E5) the position, size and orientation of the at least one object as a function of the updated information.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Universite Pierre et Marie CurieInventors: Stéphane Regnier, Ryad Benosman, Cécile Pacoret, Ieng Siohoi, Ni Zhenjiang
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Patent number: 9885075Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of detecting macroions in a liquid medium contained in a space, the method including: a) submitting the liquid medium to a stimulating electrical field to induce formation of aggregates of macroions, the formed aggregates of macroions preferably not including any additional labeling agent, and b) measuring, in a detection zone of the space, spatial and/or temporal fluctuations within the liquid medium of at least one variable depending on the concentration of the macroions in the liquid medium, and c) determining, based on these fluctuations, the presence of the macroions, step c) preferably including processing by a time-dependent or space dependent analysis, more preferably by wavelet analysis, or by autocorrelation the fluctuations measured at step b).Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT CURIE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIEInventors: Jean-Louis Viovy, François Amblard, Laurent Malaquin, Bastien Venzac, Mohamed Lemine Diakite, Stephanie Descroix, Ismaïl Cisse, Ulrich Bockelmann
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Patent number: 9884139Abstract: A method for preparing a synthetic material having an organic phase and a mineral phase which consists in preparing an initial acidic aqueous solution of collagen which is a precursor for the organic phase (I), and at least one aqueous solution of precursors for the mineral phase (II), and in precipitating the collagen by increasing the pH to a value of at least 7. The method includes the concentration of collagen in the acidic aqueous solution is at least 75 mg/ml and remains constant during said increase in pH. The mineral phase precursors have at least one calcium salt and at least one phosphate salt. The precipitation of the mineral phase (II) is carried out by bringing the mineral phase precursor solution into contact with the organic phase (I), the bringing into contact being carried out before or after the precipitation of the organic phase (I).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFICInventors: Nadine Nassif, Frederic Gobeaux, Marie-Madeleine Giraud-Guille, Gervaise Mosser
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Publication number: 20180023091Abstract: The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a Cas9 domain and a Spo11 domain, as well as the use of this protein to induce targeted meiotic recombinations in a eukaryotic cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: MEIOGENIX, INSTITUT CURIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)Inventors: GIACOMO BASTIANELLI, ALEXANDRE SERERO, ALAIN NICOLAS
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Patent number: 9874440Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assessing the depth of a crack near the surface of a material, characterized in that said method includes the following steps: heating an area located near the crack using of a heat source (2) that is periodically modulatable into a heat flow at a controllable frequency, a so-called “modulation frequency”, varying the frequency so as to vary the heat diffusion length between an initial value, less than the distance between the heated area and the crack, and a final value that is greater than the distance between the heated area and the crack; determining the variation, depending on the heat diffusion length, in a function on the basis of at least one derivative, relative to a space variable, of the amplitude of the sinusoidal component of the temperature, on the surface of the material and at the modulation frequency, at each point of a set of points of the crack so as to cause a first area of variation in the function to appear, wherein said function increases at a firstType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)Inventors: Christine Boue, Gilles Tessier, Jean-Paul Roger, Mihaela Streza