Patents by Inventor Cédric Prieur

Cédric Prieur 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: 11987853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying a mixture to be separated, in a multicolumn chromatography system, the method comprising successively and cyclically: a step of collecting a raffinate, a step of injecting the mixture to be separated, a step of collecting an extract and an eluent injection step, at an operating temperature; wherein the mixture to be separated has a viscosity at 20° C. greater than or equal to 3 mPa·s; and wherein the dry matter mass concentration of the mixture to be separated is equal, within 5%, to a threshold concentration, said threshold concentration is such that: the viscosity of the mixture to be treated at a dry matter mass concentration equal to the threshold concentration and at the operating temperature, is equal to twice the viscosity of the mixture to be treated, at a dry matter mass concentration equal to 85% of the threshold concentration and at the operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NOVASEP PROCESS SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cédric Prieur
  • Publication number: 20240082752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating a mixture in an installation comprising a first system comprising a plurality of chromatography columns, a second system downstream of the first system and a tank fed by an outlet line of the first system and feeding the second system with a continuous stream, the method successively comprising, in a cyclical manner, in a given part of the first system, steps of collecting a raffinate, injecting the mixture to be separated, collecting an extract and injecting a mobile phase; wherein the method further comprises the measurement of the purity and/or yield of at least one collected fraction, comprising: the determination of the concentration of at least two species of the mixture to be separated in the fraction collected in the tank; and the determination of the purity and/or yield of at least one species of the fraction collected in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Cédric Prieur, Eric Valéry
  • Publication number: 20240075405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating a mixture in a system comprising a plurality of chromatography columns, the method successively comprising, in a cyclical manner, in a given part of the system, steps of collecting a raffinate, injecting the mixture to be separated, collecting an extract and injecting a mobile phase; wherein the method further comprises measuring the purity and/or yield of a collected fraction, comprising: the determination, in a node of the system, of the histories of at least two variables that are representative of the concentration of at least two species contained in the mixture to be separated using at least one fast online detector; the determination of the concentration of at least two species of the mixture to be separated in the collected fraction based on these histories; and the determination of the purity and/or yield of the collected fraction based on these concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Cédric Prieur, Eric Valéry
  • Patent number: 11857892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating a mixture in a system comprising a plurality of chromatography columns, the method successively comprising, in a cyclical manner, in a given part of the system: a step of collecting a raffinate; a step of injecting the mixture to be separated; a step of collecting an extract; and a step of injecting a mobile phase; the method further comprising: determining, in a node of the system, the history of a variable representing the concentration of at least one species contained in the mixture to be separated; detecting, within said history, a characteristic point between the beginning of a step of collecting the extract and the end of the following step of collecting the raffinate; comparing the position of the characteristic point in relation to a target position; and adjusting the carrier volume of the characteristic point, modifying the position of the characteristic point in order to bring the position of the characteristic point closer to the target position; th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOVASEP PROCESS SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Cedric Prieur, Eric Valery
  • Publication number: 20210032711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying a mixture to be separated, in a multicolumn chromatography system, the method comprising successively and cyclically: a step of collecting a raffinate, a step of injecting the mixture to be separated, a step of collecting an extract and an eluent injection step, at an operating temperature; wherein the mixture to be separated has a viscosity at 20° C. greater than or equal to 3 mPa·s; and wherein the dry matter mass concentration of the mixture to be separated is equal, within 5%, to a threshold concentration, said threshold concentration is such that: the viscosity of the mixture to be treated at a dry matter mass concentration equal to the threshold concentration and at the operating temperature, is equal to twice the viscosity of the mixture to be treated, at a dry matter mass concentration equal to 85% of the threshold concentration and at the operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cédric Prieur
  • Publication number: 20210023474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating a mixture in a system comprising a plurality of chromatography columns, the method successively comprising, in a cyclical manner, in a given part of the system: a step of collecting a raffinate; a step of injecting the mixture to be separated; a step of collecting an extract; and a step of injecting a mobile phase; the method further comprising: determining, in a node of the system, the history of a variable representing the concentration of at least one species contained in the mixture to be separated; detecting, within said history, a characteristic point between the beginning of a step of collecting the extract and the end of the following step of collecting the raffinate; comparing the position of the characteristic point in relation to a target position; and adjusting the carrier volume of the characteristic point, modifying the position of the characteristic point in order to bring the position of the characteristic point closer to the target position; th
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Cedric Prieur, Eric Valery
  • Patent number: 10870895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying a solution, the method comprising the following successive steps: —bringing a solution to be purified into contact with an ion exchange resin by suspending the ion exchange resin in the solution to be purified, the ion exchange resin having the form of particles having a size Dv50 smaller than or equal to 200 ?m; —separating the solution into a purified solution and a loaded resin; —regenerating the loaded resin by passing at least one regenerating solution through a compact bed of loaded resin. The invention also relates to an assembly for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Novasep Process
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cedric Prieur
  • Patent number: 10751643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid distributor (9, 10) for a column (1) comprising at least one cell (2) containing a bed of particles (3), the fluid distributor (9, 10) comprising: —a floor (11, 21) comprising at least one injection point (15, 25) providing a fluidic connection on either side thereof; —a layer of a resistive medium (12, 22) fixed on one face of the floor (11, 21), the resistive medium being permeable to the fluid; —a spacing device (13, 23) inserted between the floor (11, 21) and the layer of resistive medium (12, 22) and maintaining a space for the circulation of the fluid between the floor (11, 21) and the layer of resistive medium (12, 22). The invention also relates to a column, in particular a chromatography column, provided with this fluid distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NOVASEP PROCESS
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cédric Prieur, Nicolas Pautal, Stéphane Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20190300973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for purifying a solution, the method comprising the following successive steps: —bringing a solution to be purified into contact with an ion exchange resin by suspending the ion exchange resin in the solution to be purified, the ion exchange resin having the form of particles having a size Dv50 smaller than or equal to 200 ?m; —separating the solution into a purified solution and a loaded resin; —regenerating the loaded resin by passing at least one regenerating solution through a compact bed of loaded resin. The invention also relates to an assembly for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cedric Prieur
  • Publication number: 20180036652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid distributor (9,10)for a column (1)comprising at least one cell (2) containing a bed of particles (3), the fluid distributor (9, 10) comprising: - a floor (11, 21) comprising at least one injection point (15, 25) providing a fluidic connection on either side thereof; - a layer of resistive medium (12, 22) fixed on one face of the floor(11, 21), the resistive medium being permeable to the fluid; - a spacing device (13, 23) inserted between the floor (11, 21) and the layer of reistive medium (12, 22) and maintaining a space for the circulation of the fluid between the floor (11, 21) and the layer of resistive medium (12, 22). The invention also relates to a column, in particular a chromatography column, provided with this fluid distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: NOVASEP PROCESS
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cédric Prieur, Nicolas Pautal, Stéphane Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20170173495
    Abstract: A read circuit for an electrical signal produced by a POSFET device is disclosed which comprises a transconductance amplifier (4) connected at its inverting input to the output of the POSFET device (1), at least one neuron (8a, 8b) connected to the output of said transconductance amplifier, said amplifier being adapted to receive a signal from the POSFET device representative of a force or pressure exerted on it and to produce at its output at least one current signal (I0?, I0+) representative of such force or pressure, the at least one neuron being adapted to receive said current signal and to produce an output signal (12a, 12b) being a pulse train with frequency proportional to said current signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: NOVASEP PROCESS
    Inventors: Eric Valery, Cédric Prieur, Nicolas Pautal, Stéphane Oliveira