Patents by Inventor Bertrand Malbec

Bertrand Malbec 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).

  • Patent number: 7704057
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump includes a removable carrier against which a flexible tube is pressed by rollers. The carrier includes an intermediate deformable section having an internal cylindrical surface whose axis coincides with the main axis of rotation of the rollers and lateral rigid arms arranged on both sides of the intermediate section. The free ends of the lateral arms include guides. The pump case is provided with paths on which the guides are slidable. The path directions are predefined in order to constrain the displacement of the free ends of the lateral arms and to deform the intermediate section in such a way that the radius of the internal face is modified keeping the axis thereof coinciding with the main axis, thereby making it possible to use a tube having variable characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Athena Innovations
    Inventors: Bertrand Malbec, Jean-Marie Perrot
  • Publication number: 20070020130
    Abstract: The inventive peristaltic pump (100) comprises a removable carrier (400) against which a flexible tube is pressed by rollers. Said carrier (400) comprises an intermediate deformable section (401) having an internal cylindrical surface (405) whose axis (A) coincides with the main axis of rotation of the rollers and lateral rigid arms (403, 404) arranged on both sides of said intermediate section. The free ends (E, F) of the lateral arms comprise guiding means (412, 414), respectively. The pump case is provided with paths on which said guiding means are slidable. The path directions are predefined in order to constrain the displacement of the free ends of the lateral arms and to deform the intermediate section in such a way that the radius of the internal face is modified keeping the axis thereof coinciding with the main axis, thereby making it possible to use a tube having variable characteristics for said peristaltic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Bertrand Malbec, Jean-Marie Perrot