Patents by Inventor Yanxia Hou-Broutin

Yanxia Hou-Broutin 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).

  • Publication number: 20230236182
    Abstract: A sensor may include a prism having a first face; a metal first layer covering, via a contact face, the first face; a light source; and a matrix-array detector; the device may include a dielectric second layer on which rests a transistor including a sheet made of a two-dimensional material, intended to form a channel region, a front face of the sheet comprising a specific functionalization via which specific targets are liable to be adsorbed, the specific functionalization being suitable for placing the adsorbed specific targets at a smaller distance Dd below which detection via electrical measurement by means of the specific transistor and via measurement of resonance of surface plasmons is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Thomas ALAVA, Pascal MAILLEY, Yanxia HOU-BROUTIN, Loic LEROY
  • Publication number: 20220252564
    Abstract: A detection system for an electronic nose which allows a physicochemical classification of odors, that is to say a classification as a function of the physicochemical properties of the volatile compounds, or odorous molecules, making up these odors. This detection system comprises sensors with cross-reactivity with respect to volatile compounds, each sensor comprising a sensitive part functionalized by a receptor comprising a sequence formed by the repetition of an ?-amino acid. The ?-amino acid of the receptor of a sensor of a first series of sensors is hydrophilic, while the ?-amino acid of the receptor of another sensor of the first series is hydrophobic, and the ?-amino acids of the receptors of two sensors of a second series of sensors have isoelectric points which differ from one another by at least one pH unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yanxia Hou-Broutin, Sophie BRENET, Arnaud BUHOT, Thierry LIVACHE, Cyril HERRIER, Tristan ROUSSELLE
  • Patent number: 11287377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system for an electronic nose capable of detecting and identifying a set of compounds that can be found in a gaseous sample, the detection system comprises a plurality of cross-reactivity detection sensors (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) for supplying signals representing the presence of one or more compounds of said set in the gaseous sample, and which is particularly characterised in that the detection system further comprises at least one reference sensor (RI) for supplying a signal representing the measurement noise of the detection system. The detection system further relates to an electronic nose comprising such a detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: ARYBALLE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Yanxia Hou-Broutin, Sophie Brenet, Thierry Livache, Cyril Herrier, Tristan Rousselle
  • Patent number: 11085921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for an electronic tongue or nose for analysing a sample or detecting a target. The sensor comprises a support, on one surface of which a plurality of sensitive areas are located, each sensitive area comprising at least one receptor and being capable of transmitting a measurable signal generated by the interaction of at least one constituent of the sample or one target with at least one receptor. The sensor is characterised in that it comprises at least three sensitive areas that differ from one another in terms of their respective receptor compositions, at least one of the sensitive areas comprising a mixture of at least two different receptors, while the two other sensitive areas each comprise at least one of the two receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Paris-Sud
    Inventors: Thierry Livache, Arnaud Buhot, David Bonnaffe, Yanxia Hou-Broutin
  • Patent number: 10928369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electronic nose, said electronic nose comprising a plurality of optical sensors arranged on a surface and capable of being in contact with a gaseous medium of interest, said optical sensors being capable of delivering a signal representative of the local optical index of the gaseous medium of interest when they are excited by photons, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: after having placed the electronic nose in a gaseous medium of interest at the initial pressure (P0) and the initial temperature (T0): a) sending photons in the direction of the sensors so as to excite said sensors; b) measuring the signal delivered by each of the sensors, this measurement providing as many responses as there are sensors; c) modifying the pressure and/or temperature of the gaseous medium of interest; d) repeating step b); and e) for each sensor, determining a correction factor such as a variation in the signal between steps d) and b) corr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: ARYBALLE TECHNOLOGIES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Cyril Herrier, Yanxia Hou-Broutin, Francois-Xavier Gallat, Thierry Livache, Tristan Rousselle
  • Publication number: 20200256793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system for an electronic nose capable of detecting and identifying a set of compounds that can be found in a gaseous sample, which detection system comprises a plurality of cross-reactivity detection sensors (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) for supplying signals representing the presence of one or more compounds of said set in the gaseous sample, and which is particularly characterised in that it further comprises at least one reference sensor (RI) for supplying a signal representing the measurement noise of the detection system. It further relates to an electronic nose comprising such a detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yanxia HOU-BROUTIN, Sophie BRENET, Thierry LIVACHE, Cyril HERRIER, Tristan ROUSSELLE
  • Publication number: 20200088702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electronic nose, said electronic nose comprising a plurality of optical sensors arranged on a surface and capable of being in contact with a gaseous medium of interest, said optical sensors being capable of delivering a signal representative of the local optical index of the gaseous medium of interest when they are excited by photons, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: after having placed the electronic nose in a gaseous medium of interest at the initial pressure (P0) and the initial temperature (T0): a) sending photons in the direction of the sensors so as to excite said sensors; b) measuring the signal delivered by each of the sensors, this measurement providing as many responses as there are sensors; c) modifying the pressure and/or temperature of the gaseous medium of interest; d) repeating step b); and e) for each sensor, determining a correction factor such as a variation in the signal between steps d) and b) corr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Cyril HERRIER, Yanxia HOU-BROUTIN, Francois-Xavier GALLAT, Thierry LIVACHE, Tristan ROUSSELLE
  • Patent number: 9588084
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for detecting gases or volatile organic compounds (VOC) comprising an electrically conducting or semiconducting zone functionalized with an organic film resulting from the polymerization of aromatic diazonium salt derived monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, Commissariat a L'Energie Atomatique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Guillaume Delapierre, Yanxia Hou-Broutin, Heather McCaig, Edward Myers, Michael L. Roukes
  • Publication number: 20150037909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor for an electronic tongue or nose for analysing a sample or detecting a target. The sensor comprises a support, on one surface of which a plurality of sensitive areas are located, each sensitive area comprising at least one receptor and being capable of transmitting a measurable signal generated by the interaction of at least one constituent of the sample or one target with at least one receptor. The sensor is characterised in that it comprises at least three sensitive areas that differ from one another in terms of their respective receptor compositions, at least one of the sensitive areas comprising a mixture of at least two different receptors, while the two other sensitive areas each comprise at least one of the two receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thierry Livache, Arnaud Buhot, David Bonnaffe, Yanxia Hou-Broutin
  • Publication number: 20130043143
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for detecting gases or volatile organic compounds (VOC) comprising an electrically conducting or semiconducting zone f unctionalized with an organic film resulting from the polymerization of aromatic diazonium salt derived monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guillaume Delapierre, Yanxia Hou-Broutin, Heather McCaig, Edward Myers, Michael L. Roukes