Patents by Inventor Antony Vanheghe
Antony Vanheghe 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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Patent number: 8793076Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing the quantity of organic compounds existing in a liquid, such as ultrapure water, at the outlet from a purification device including in series a filter, an oxidizing device and a polishing device, and further including a resistivity measuring device for measuring the resitivity of water to determine the purity thereof. Only one resistivity measuring cell is used, and the outlet points of the filter and the oxidizing device are connected to the resistivity measuring cell by pipes provided with an analysis valve and/or check valves selectively enabling circulation of the liquid within them.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin Glipa, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Patent number: 8618820Abstract: This is a method for analyzing the purity of water at the outlet from a purification device. It includes the following steps: a) sending the liquid at the outlet from the filter means to a resistivity measuring cell to determine its resistivity ?UPW; b) establishing a reference mode by exposing a portion of the liquid to said oxidation means (2) during a given number of significantly different time periods; c) determining by regression the resistivity at infinity ??REF of said liquid in this reference mode; d) establishing an analysis mode by causing said liquid to be analyzed to pass through the resistivity measuring cell; e) determining the resistivity at infinity ?? of said liquid in this analysis mode by successive iterations; and f) calculating the quantity of organic compounds contained in the purified liquid from this resistivity at infinity ?? and at least the values ?UPW and ??REF.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Publication number: 20130269425Abstract: This is a device for analyzing the quantity of organic compounds existing in a liquid, such as ultrapure water, at the outlet from a purification device including in series filter means (1), oxidation means (2) and polishing means (3), further including means for measuring the resistivity of water to determine the purity thereof, characterized in that it includes only one resistivity measuring cell (4) and in that the outlet points of said filter means (1) and said oxidation means (2) are connected to said resistivity measuring cell (4) by pipes provided with an analysis valve (6) and/or check valves (5) selectively enabling circulation of said liquid within them.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Patent number: 8483973Abstract: Disclosed is a device for analyzing the quantity of organic compounds existing in a liquid, such as ultrapure water, at the outlet from a purification device including in series a filter, an oxidizing device and a polishing device, and further including a resistivity measuring device for measuring the resistivity of water to determine the purity thereof. Only one resistivity measuring cell is used, and the outlet points of the filter and the oxidizing device are connected to the resistivity measuring cell by pipes provided with an analysis valve and/or check valves selectively enabling circulation of the liquid within them.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Patent number: 8377694Abstract: A method for the calibration of a device for measuring the total organic carbon content (TOC) of an aqueous solution by measuring resistivity. The method includes the following steps, in the presence of a reference TOC analyzer: (a) producing a calibration point by a measurement carried out on ultrapure water by the device and the analyzer; (b) producing a plurality of calibration points, each calibration point corresponding to a measurement of the resistivity of a solution having a given content of photo-oxidizable compound, by the device and the analyzer, in order to establish a correlation between the values measured by the device and the analyzer; and (c) calibrating the device by at least one algorithm, based on the measurements carried out in the previous step.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Celine Le Ninivin-Glipa, Antony Vanheghe
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Patent number: 8179141Abstract: The invention relates to a method of measuring the conductivity of a pure or ultrapure liquid, notably water, using electrodes, characterized in that it consists in determining the conductivity by modeling the liquid in the form of an equivalent electrical circuit diagram comprising a resistor R, a capacitor Cp in parallel with the resistor R, and a series capacitor Cs. It also relates to a device for implementing this method and a purification system incorporating such a device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Celine Le Ninivin, Antony Vanheghe
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Publication number: 20110244578Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the calibration of a device for measuring the total organic carbon content (TOC) of an aqueous solution by measuring resistivity, comprising the following steps, in the presence of a reference TOO analyzer: (a) Producing a calibration point by a measurement carried out on ultrapure water by said device and said analyzer, (b) Producing a plurality of calibration points, each calibration point corresponding to a measurement of the resistivity of a solution having a given content of photo-oxidizable compound, by said device and said analyzer, in order to establish a correlation between the values measured by said device and said analyzer; and (c) Calibrating said device by at least one algorithm, based on the measurements carried out in the previous step.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: MILLIPORE CORPORATIONInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Celine Le Ninivin-Glipa, Antony Vanheghe
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Publication number: 20110068812Abstract: This is a method for analyzing the purity of water at the outlet from a purification device. It comprises the following steps: a) sending the liquid at the outlet from the filter means (1) to a resistivity measuring cell (4) to determine its resistivity PUPW; b) establishing a reference mode by exposing a portion of the liquid to said oxidation means (2) during a given number of significantly different time periods; c) determining by regression the resistivity at infinity p?REF of said liquid in this reference mode; d) establishing an analysis mode by causing said liquid to be analyzed to pass through the resistivity measuring cell (4); e) determining the resistivity at infinity p? of said liquid in this analysis mode by successive iterations; and f) calculating the quantity of organic compounds contained in said purified liquid from this resistivity at infinity p? and at least the values PUPW and P?REF.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Publication number: 20100072079Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of boron in water comprising the production of a conductive buffer solution comprising water and at least one boron complexing agent, the introduction into an electrochemical cell of said solution in the presence of at least one work electrode (7), and the measurement of an anodic peak of the boron complex and complexing agent by voltammetry, said method being characterized in that the work electrode (7) is a solid microelectrode, and in that the measurement is carried out continuously with respect to the flow of water. The invention also relates to a device (10) for the implementation of such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Millipore CorporationInventors: Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe
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Publication number: 20090319194Abstract: This is a device for analyzing the quantity of organic compounds existing in a liquid, such as ultrapure water, at the outlet from a purification device including in series filter means (1), oxidation means (2) and polishing means (3), further including means for measuring the resistivity of water to determine the purity thereof, characterized in that it includes only one resistivity measuring cell (4) and in that the outlet points of said filter means (1) and said oxidation means (2) are connected to said resistivity measuring cell (4) by pipes provided with an analysis valve (6) and/or check valves (5) selectively enabling circulation of said liquid within them.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Antony Vanheghe, Celine Le Ninivin, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos
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Publication number: 20090315571Abstract: The invention relates to a method of measuring the conductivity of a pure or ultrapure liquid, notably water, using electrodes, characterized in that it consists in determining the conductivity by modeling the liquid in the form of an equivalent electrical circuit diagram comprising a resistor R, a capacitor Cp in parallel with the resistor R, and a series capacitor Cs. It also relates to a device for implementing this method and a purification system incorporating such a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Celine Le Ninivin, Antony Vanheghe