Patents by Inventor Nicolas Durand
Nicolas Durand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240118879Abstract: An elementary method for implementing a software module defined by an elementary directed acyclic graph, including the following steps: copying the code of the initial sequence, adding a fork function at the end of the initial sequence, copying the code of a parallel sequence, adding a join flag function at the end of said parallel sequence, copying the code of the other parallel sequence, adding a join wait function at the end of the other parallel sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Nicolas Romea, Julien Durand
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Publication number: 20240083599Abstract: A spacecraft for the distribution of electrical energy to client craft at points situated in free space, in orbit and/or on a celestial body includes a main structure equipped with an electric thruster, with a chemical thruster and with a solar generator, a first fuel container for fuel intended for the electric thruster, and a second fuel container for fuel intended for the chemical thruster. The spacecraft is able to be modulated such that the main structure can be coupled/decoupled alternatively to/from the first container or the second container, the first container and the second container are able to be coupled/decoupled to/from one another, and the solar generator can be deployed or retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Safran Spacecraft Propulsion, THALESInventors: Pascal BULTEL, Gautier DURAND, Nicolas THIRY, Marie ANSART, Gilles BOUHOURS, Olivier DUCHEMIN, Frédéric MARCHANDISE
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Patent number: 11912645Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery of a new bacterial compound with analgesic properties which could be used as a new tool for the treatment of pain disorders such as visceral pain. Studying the mechanisms implicated in analgesic properties of the probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN), inventors characterized, the amino fatty acids produced by EcN, which display the Ecn analgesic properties. One of these compounds inhibits the hypersensitivity to colorectal distension induced by capsaicin, which is a very powerful nociceptive compound and acts via the GABA B receptor. Furthermore, inventors demonstrate that this compound is able to cross the cellular epithelial barrier (such as the intestinal epithelium). Thus, the invention relates to a lipopetide compound, derived from gamma-aminobutyric acid. The invention also relates to a lipopeptide compound according to the invention for the treatment of treating pain disorder, such as somatic pain and visceral pain.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE), CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TOULOUSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS—, ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE DE TOULOUSE, UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELLIERInventors: Nicolas Cenac, Justine Bertrand-Michel, Teresa Perez-Berezo, Thierry Durand, Jean-Marie Galano, Julien Pujo, Eric Oswald, Patricia Martin, Pauline Le Faouder, Alexandre Guy
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Publication number: 20230400464Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing the severity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in a patient; said method being based on a severity score consisting of at least: a) a respiratory system score, b) a score determined by the level of pancreatic stone protein/regenerating protein (PSP/reg) in a body fluid sample from said patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Nicolas DURAND, Iwan MÄRKI, François VENTURA
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Patent number: 10849196Abstract: A device for driving the electrical power supply of at least one light source of an automotive vehicle includes a power supply unit arranged to deliver an electric current to the light source, the intensity of the electric current being dependent on a reference voltage. The device is noteworthy in that a control unit is arranged to deliver, on the basis of an input voltage, various reference voltage levels to the power supply unit, according to the situation of an indication of the temperature of the light source with respect to at least a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, with a view to observing the optical regulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUEInventors: Frederick Delgrange, Yves Dubois, Nicolas Durand
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Publication number: 20190394850Abstract: A device for driving the electrical power supply of at least one light source of an automotive vehicle includes a power supply unit arranged to deliver an electric current to the light source, the intensity of the electric current being dependent on a reference voltage. The device is noteworthy in that a control unit is arranged to deliver, on the basis of an input voltage, various reference voltage levels to the power supply unit, according to the situation of an indication of the temperature of the light source with respect to at least a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, with a view to observing the optical regulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUEInventors: Frederick DELGRANGE, Yves DUBOIS, Nicolas DURAND
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Patent number: 10434508Abstract: A capsule (100) comprising a housing (110) in which are disposed nanofluidic biosensors (120), a fluid connecting element (140), a filter (150) and a cover (160) is described. The capsule (100) allows the analysis of a fluid sample (300) that would be deposited in the capsule system (100) by a pipette (400). The fluid sample (300) is filtered when passing through a filter (150), then transferred by a fluid connecting element (140) to the inlets of one or several nanofluidic biosensors (120). The capsule system (100) is disposed on an external support (200), and finally an optical or an electrical measurement unit (500) is used to measure the molecular interactions in the nanofluidic biosensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Abionic SAInventors: Iwan Maerki, Lauriane Carrere, Nicolas Durand
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Patent number: 10166540Abstract: A nanofluidic biosensor system (200) comprising a bottom substrate (120) and a top substrate (110) between which are defined an input lateral aperture (210), a nanoslit (230) which contains at least one functionalized area (231) and an output lateral aperture (220) or an internal reservoir (221), said biosensor system (200) being adapted to let a solution containing biomolecules (320) enter the input lateral aperture (210) and successively pass through said nanoslit (230) and said output lateral aperture (220) or internal reservoir (221); said biosensor system (200) furthermore comprising a gas evacuation subsystem (150-155) which is located between said nanoslit (230) and the biosensor external environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Abionic SAInventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Maerki, Matthias Geissbuehler
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Patent number: 9989526Abstract: A method and device for multiplexing and calibrating rapid quantification of biomolecules present in a nanofluidic biosensor composed by a nanoslit. A novel concept defining multiple different local structured areas containing biomarkers. Local structured areas can also be structured to decrease the biomarkers density in the nanoslit. Such enables the multiplexed quantification biomolecular interactions of interest in the same nanofluidic biosensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: ABIONIC SAInventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Märki, Annick Mayor, Stéphane Broillet
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Publication number: 20170197210Abstract: A capsule (100) comprising a housing (110) in which are disposed nanofluidic biosensors (120), a fluid connecting element (140), a filter (150) and a cover (160) is described. The capsule (100) allows the analysis of a fluid sample (300) that would be deposited in the capsule system (100) by a pipette (400). The fluid sample (300) is filtered when passing through a filter (150), then transferred by a fluid connecting element (140) to the inlets of one or several nanofluidic biosensors (120). The capsule system (100) is disposed on an external support (200), and finally an optical or an electrical measurement unit (500) is used to measure the molecular interactions in the nanofluidic biosensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Iwan Maerki, Lauriane Carrere, Nicolas Durand
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Patent number: 9547004Abstract: A method and device for the rapid quantification of biomolecules (320) present in a nanochannel (210) is claimed. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel concept of liquid actuation and selectively functionalized surfaces in a nanochannel that create a concentration gradient of transitory immobilized biomolecules (340) across the nanochannel. The present concept enables the quantification of biomolecular interactions of interest (320).Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: ABIONIC SAInventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Märki, Stéphane Broillet, Annick Mayor, Theo Lasser
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Publication number: 20160339432Abstract: A nanofluidic biosensor system (200) comprising a bottom substrate (120) and a top substrate (110) between which are defined an input lateral aperture (210), a nanoslit (230) which contains at least one functionalized area (231) and an output lateral aperture (220) or an internal reservoir (221), said biosensor system (200) being adapted to let a solution containing biomolecules (320) enter the input lateral aperture (210) and successively pass through said nanoslit (230) and said output lateral aperture (220) or internal reservoir (221); said biosensor system (200) furthermore comprising a gas evacuation subsystem (150-155) which is located between said nanoslit (230) and the biosensor external environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Maerki, Matthias Geissbuehler
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Patent number: 9452927Abstract: A method and device for the rapid detection of biomolecules (320) diffusing in a nanometer-confined slit (204) is claimed. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel concept of fluidic side apertures (205) that facilitates the filling of the device, the surface coating with biomolecules and that measures the affinity between fluorescently labeled biomolecules in aqueous solution with other biomolecules immobilized on surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Yannick Fournier, Theo Lasser, Iwan Märki
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Patent number: 9359150Abstract: The problem of singulating products that are provided in a pallet layer is solved by breaking up the pallet layer so that each product can be handled separately by a robot tool and outputted in at least one line according to a predetermined orientation. The singulator includes a layer drop zone that receives a pallet layer of products, a break-up system that separates the products by creating gaps therebetween, yielding separated products, a vision system that determines characteristics and position of each separated product; and a robot equipped with a tool that receives information indicative of the characteristics and position of said each separated product to grip and position each separated product onto an output station within at least one line.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: AXIUM Inc.Inventors: Robert Jodoin, Sylvain Morency, Nicolas Durand, Marc Ducharme, Régis Métivier, Philippe Hakier, Christian Simon, Jean-François Forget
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Publication number: 20160153980Abstract: A method and device for multiplexing and calibrating rapid quantification of biomolecules present in a nanofluidic biosensor composed by a nanoslit (210) is claimed. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel concept defining multiple different functionalized areas containing biomarkers. Functionalized areas can also being structured to decrease the biomarkers density in the nanoslit. The present concept enables the multiplexed quantification biomolecular interactions of interest in the same nanofluidic biosensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Nicolas DURAND, Iwan MÄRKI, Annick MAYOR, Stéphane BROILLET
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Patent number: 8938103Abstract: A method and system for the rapid detection of biomolecular interactions, the system comprising a sensing platform which comprises a primary support structure including recesses designed to be located in front of a detection unit, said recesses containing one or several arrays of biosensors, said system furthermore comprising a reader unit for optical excitation and detection.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Ferderale de Lausanne (EPFL)Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Märki, Theo Lasser
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Publication number: 20140332344Abstract: The problem of singulating products that are provided in a pallet layer is solved by breaking up the pallet layer so that each product can be handled separately by a robot tool and outputted in at least one line according to a predetermined orientation. The singulator includes a layer drop zone that receives a pallet layer of products, a break-up system that separates the products by creating gaps therebetween, yielding separated products, a vision system that determines characteristics and position of each separated product; and a robot equipped with a tool that receives information indicative of the characteristics and position of said each separated product to grip and position each separated product onto an output station within at least one line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: AXIUM Inc.Inventors: Robert JODOIN, Sylvain MORENCY, Nicolas DURAND, Marc DUCHARME, Régis MÉTIVIER, Philippe HAKIER, Christian SIMON, Jean-François FORGET
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Publication number: 20140256573Abstract: A method and device for the rapid quantification of biomolecules (320) present in a nanochannel (210) is claimed. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel concept of liquid actuation and selectively functionalized surfaces in a nanochannel that create a concentration gradient of transitory immobilized biomolecules (340) across the nanochannel. The present concept enables the quantification of biomolecular interactions of interest (320).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: ABIONIC SAInventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Märki, Stéphane Broillet, Annick Mayor, Theo Lasser
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Publication number: 20130017967Abstract: A method and device for the rapid detection of biomolecules (320) diffusing in a nanometer-confined slit (204) is claimed. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel concept of fluidic side apertures (205) that facilitates the filling of the device, the surface coating with biomolecules and that measures the affinity between fluorescently labeled biomolecules in aqueous solution with other biomolecules immobilized on surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Yannick Fournier, Theo Lasser, Iwan Märki
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Publication number: 20130016887Abstract: A method and system for the rapid detection of biomolecular interactions, the system comprising a sensing platform which comprises a primary support structure including recesses designed to be located in front of a detection unit, said recesses containing one or several arrays of biosensors, said system furthermore comprising a reader unit for optical excitation and detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Märki, Theo Lasser