Patents Assigned to Picometrics S.A.
  • Patent number: 7158227
    Abstract: A laser-induced fluorescence analysis device (1), comprising a tube (2) including a channel, elements projecting an excitation light (13), optical collecting member (7), optical measurement elements (8) and a processing member (9) for producing an analysis result, the collecting member being mechanically coupled to one end of the channel, the tube being integrally made of a material with refractive index either lower than that of water, or higher than both that of water and that of ambient air so as to guide the fluorescence light along the channel in the channel and/or its wall up to the collecting member, which is designed to collect the fluorescence light propagated along the longitudinal direction of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Picometrics S.A.
    Inventors: François Couderc, Michel Nertz
  • Patent number: 6534317
    Abstract: A method for detecting traces of pollutant in aqueous media, wherein the method includes the use of isocyanates to react on the nucleophilic functions in the form of trace amounts in a wet medium. The method for assaying nulceophilic functions in a wet medium includes the following steps: adding isocyanates to an aqueous solution of basic pH containing the nucleophilic functions to be tested; maintaining the solution for an interval ranging from a few minutes to several dozens of minutes at a temperature lower than 100° C.; and assaying the resulting carbamate, thiocarbamate or urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Picometrics S.A.
    Inventors: Odile Vandenabeele, Laurent Garrelly, Auguste Commeyras, Louis Mion