Patents by Inventor Arthur QUEVAL
Arthur QUEVAL 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: 20240172976Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic module for a sample collection device, comprising: a measurement system for measuring a volume of collected fluid of a patient in real time and determining when a predefined amount of fluid has been collected, and means for providing a warning signal to a user when it is determined that the predefined amount of fluid has been collected. Further, the inventions relates to a system for extracting and collecting a sample of a fluid of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Publication number: 20240023851Abstract: The present invention relates to a trigger mechanism for a sample collection device, the trigger mechanism comprising a trigger element and a preloaded plug with a blade, whereas the trigger element is relatively movable to the plug, the trigger mechanism being configured to release the preloaded plug with the blade for perforating a user's skin for blood collection, the trigger element further being arranged to be activated and moved relatively to the plug by an activation force created by a skin part being vacuum-sucked into the sample collection device and pressing directly or indirectly against the trigger element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Publication number: 20230414139Abstract: The present invention relates to a sample collection device for collecting a sample of a fluid of a user, e.g. blood, in particular capillary blood. Further, the present invention relates to a push button section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Publication number: 20230146889Abstract: A sample collection device for collecting a blood sample of a patient, the sample collection device including a first partially deformable shell and a second at least partially pierceable shell with a pre-packaged vacuum sealed between the first shell and the second shell. The second shell may additionally hold a sample container and an automatic mechanical cutting mechanism including a rotatable cutting blade and an actuator spring, the actuator spring being actuatable by pressing the first shell, thereby releasing and rotating the cutting blade. By pressing the first shell, the pre-packaged vacuum is released to a collection opening of the second shell such that the vacuum effects a suction effect so that blood coming out of the incision created by the rotatable cutting blade leaks into the sample container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Publication number: 20210137435Abstract: A sample collection device for collecting a blood sample of a patient, the sample collection device including a first partially deformable shell and a second at least partially pierceable shell with a pre-packaged vacuum sealed between the first shell and the second shell. The second shell may additionally hold a sample container and an automatic mechanical cutting mechanism including a rotatable cutting blade and an actuator spring, the actuator spring being actuatable by pressing the first shell, thereby releasing and rotating the cutting blade. By pressing the first shell, the pre-packaged vacuum is released to a collection opening of the second shell such that the vacuum effects a suction effect so that blood coming out of the incision created by the rotatable cutting blade leaks into the sample container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Publication number: 20210106261Abstract: A system for extracting and collecting a sample of a fluid of a user, comprising a sample collection device, comprising a sample container arranged to receive said sample; a cap arranged to cooperate with the sample container and having an incision mechanism movable in the cap by a triggering mechanism; a sealing mechanism; a sample extraction device, comprising a vacuum creation mechanism arranged to create vacuum in a vacuum chamber; and a valve control mechanism arranged to release the vacuum from the vacuum chamber to the sample collection device. The system simplifies collection of a fluid (e.g., blood) sample while keeping a high-quality standard for its analysis, minimizes the risk of injury due to handling the sample, reduces the risk of contamination of the collected sample, is compatible with standard blood analysers of central laboratories, requires minimal action from the user, and can collect large volumes of bodily fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventor: Arthur QUEVAL
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Patent number: 10088804Abstract: The invention relates to a method (19, 19?, 39, 39?, 59, 59?) of assembling a part (5, 5?, 25, 25?, 45, 45?) in the aperture (18, 18?, 38, 38?, 58, 58?) of a component (3, 3?, 23, 23?, 43, 43?). According to the invention, the assembly system (19, 19?, 39, 39?, 59, 59?) includes a system (1, 1?, 21, 21?, 41, 41?) of securing the component (3, 3?, 23, 23?, 43, 43?) and the part (5, 5?, 25, 25?, 45, 45?) to each other, which includes at least one pawl device (11, 11?, 31, 31?, 51, 51?) intended to make the component (3, 3?, 23, 23?, 43, 43?) and the part (5, 5?, 25, 25?, 45, 45?) move integrally with each other. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Arthur Queval
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Patent number: 9471036Abstract: A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a plate and a bar and including at least one spring housed between a pivoting drum and a cover and hooked between, at the outer end thereof, the drum and at the inner end thereof, an arbor which pivots integrally with a ratchet about a pivot axis. The barrel includes a one-piece sub-assembly coaxial to the arbor and including the arbor and a boss including a collar for limiting axial shake of the drum, the collar carrying pivotal drive mechanisms for driving pivoting of the ratchet which is axially free in a direction of the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Martin Vautherot
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Patent number: 9367037Abstract: A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a plate and a bar and including at least one spring housed between a pivoting drum and a cover and hooked between the drum at an outer end thereof and an arbor at an inner end thereof, the arbor pivoting integrally with a ratchet about a pivot axis. The barrel includes a one-piece sub-assembly coaxial to the arbor and including, about a boss, at least the ratchet and/or the arbor, and the guide arbor in the plate is fitted into the boss which is integral with the ratchet, the boss forming the guide member in the bar, making it possible to assemble the bar and plate with subsequent attachment of the arbor.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Martin Vautherot
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Patent number: 9317013Abstract: A method for fabricating a barrel arbor for a timepiece includes wire drawing a bar to form a continuous profile, projecting or re-entrant relative to a support sector having a touching-up axis parallel to the bar axis, and whose section matches that of complementary hooking to be made on the arbor and, in a touching-up operation, machining the complete external contour of the arbor. A drive element includes a determined spiral-coiled mainspring including at an inner end hooking having a defined profile and an arbor produced by this method including the support sector for supporting the first coil, and a complementary hooking having a complementary profile to the profile for pivoting together with the mainspring.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Marco Rochat, Thierry Conus
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Patent number: 9291999Abstract: A ratchet for winding a barrel, including an axial passage for fitting the ratchet onto an arbor carrying pivotal drive mechanism. The ratchet includes, in the axial passage, a strip spring permitting fitting of the ratchet onto the arbor, and exerting a bearing force on the pivotal drive mechanism, wherein the at least one strip spring forms a complementary drive for pivotally driving the arbor. A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a bottom plate and a bridge includes a spring housed between a pivoting drum and a ratchet and hooked between, at an outer end thereof, the drum, and at an inner end thereof, an arbor, the arbor pivoting integrally with the ratchet about a pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Martin Vautherot
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Patent number: 9195216Abstract: A timepiece movement includes a plate and a bridge carrying a barrel, which includes a barrel mainspring between a drum and a receiving surface of a steel or stainless steel core and a cover fixed to the drum. The spring is made of a multiphase, cobalt-nickel-chromium based alloy, having a Young's modulus of between 200 and 240 GPa and a shear modulus of between 80 and 100 GPa, and having a width to thickness ratio of between 3 and 23, and a maximum radius of the steel or stainless steel core relative to a pivot axis is less than nine times a maximum thickness of the spring. The movement includes a shake limiting mechanism including a shim-washer independent of the core and guided by a shoulder of the core.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Baptist Wyssbrod, Arthur Queval
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Publication number: 20150309475Abstract: A ratchet for winding a barrel, including an axial passage for fitting the ratchet onto an arbor carrying pivotal drive mechanism. The ratchet includes, in the axial passage, a strip spring permitting fitting of the ratchet onto the arbor, and exerting a bearing force on the pivotal drive mechanism, wherein the at least one strip spring forms a complementary drive for pivotally driving the arbor. A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a bottom plate and a bridge includes a spring housed between a pivoting drum and a ratchet and hooked between, at an outer end thereof, the drum, and at an inner end thereof, an arbor, the arbor pivoting integrally with the ratchet about a pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventors: Laurent KAELIN, Arthur QUEVAL, Martin VAUTHEROT
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Publication number: 20150253731Abstract: A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a plate and a bar and including at least one spring housed between a pivoting drum and a cover and hooked between the drum at an outer end thereof and an arbor at an inner end thereof, the arbor pivoting integrally with a ratchet about a pivot axis. The barrel includes a one-piece sub-assembly coaxial to the arbor and including, about a boss, at least the ratchet and/or the arbor, and the guide arbor in the plate is fitted into the boss which is integral with the ratchet, the boss forming the guide member in the bar, making it possible to assemble the bar and plate with subsequent attachment of the arbor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Martin Vautherot
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Publication number: 20150220059Abstract: A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a plate and a bar and including at least one spring housed between a pivoting drum and a cover and hooked between, at the outer end thereof, the drum and at the inner end thereof, an arbor which pivots integrally with a ratchet about a pivot axis. The barrel includes a one-piece sub-assembly coaxial to the arbor and including the arbor and a boss including a collar for limiting axial shake of the drum, the collar carrying pivotal drive mechanisms for driving pivoting of the ratchet which is axially free in a direction of the pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Arthur Queval, Martin Vautherot
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Patent number: 9075395Abstract: Pallet lever for an escapement mechanism including a balance with a pin of a given pin radius and oscillating over a given radius of gyration, this pallet lever including two horns for cooperation with a pin of this type. These horns are symmetrical to each other relative to a median plane passing through a pallet lever pivot axis, and each includes a concave inner profile over a first radius of curvature greater than or equal to the sum of this radius of gyration and this pin radius, this concave inner profile being adjacent to a convex outer profile over a second radius of curvature less than or equal to the difference between this radius of gyration and this pin radius.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Andres Cabezas Jurin, Arthur Queval
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Patent number: 9033573Abstract: A timepiece barrel assembly, including a barrel mainspring mounted between a barrel drum and a receiving surface of a barrel core coaxial to the drum. The spring is made of a multiphase, cobalt-nickel-chromium based alloy, having a Young's modulus of between 200 and 240 GPa and a shear modulus of between 80 and 100 GPa, and having a width to thickness ratio of between 9 and 21, and the maximum radius of the steel or stainless steel core relative to its pivot axis is less than nine times the maximum thickness of the spring, and the barrel assembly includes, on the spring or the drum, a mechanism limiting longitudinal clearance, towards the pivot axis, between the drum and the mainspring.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Baptist Wyssbrod, Arthur Queval
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Publication number: 20150124570Abstract: Pallet lever for an escapement mechanism including a balance with a pin of a given pin radius and oscillating over a given radius of gyration, this pallet lever including two horns for cooperation with a pin of this type. These horns are symmetrical to each other relative to a median plane passing through a pallet lever pivot axis, and each includes a concave inner profile over a first radius of curvature greater than or equal to the sum of this radius of gyration and this pin radius, this concave inner profile being adjacent to a convex outer profile over a second radius of curvature less than or equal to the difference between this radius of gyration and this pin radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Andres CABEZAS JURIN, Arthur Queval
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Patent number: 9015921Abstract: A method for fabricating pallets for an escapement system concerns the field of escapement systems for timepieces. The method includes forming integrally, using a first material, a lever of pallets. A first end of the lever includes a dart. A second end of the lever includes two arms each for receiving a pallet stone. The method includes over-moulding a second material different from the first material on the first end of the lever in order to form a pallets fork. The method includes mounting the pallet stones and a staff to enable the pallets to be rotatably mounted.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Nivarox-Far S.A.Inventors: Arthur Queval, Laurent Kaelin, Thomas Wyss
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Publication number: 20140376338Abstract: A timepiece movement, including a plate and a bridge carrying a barrel including a barrel mainspring between a drum and a receiving surface of a core and a cover fixed to the drum. The spring is made of a multiphase, cobalt-nickel-chromium based alloy, having a Young's modulus of between 200 and 240 GPa and a shear modulus of between 80 and 100 GPa, and having a width to thickness ratio of between 3 and 23, and the maximum radius of the steel or stainless steel core relative to the pivot axis is less than nine times the maximum thickness of the spring. The movement further includes a mechanism limiting shake including a shim-washer independent of the core and guided by a shoulder of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Laurent Kaelin, Baptist Wyssbrod, Arthur Queval