Patents by Inventor Catherine Villard

Catherine Villard 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).

  • Microfluidic device for controlling the geometry of living bodies
    Patent number: 11236300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic device to manipulate, select, treat, or cultivate living bodies, comprising a first chamber, a second chamber and a network of guiding tracks, wherein: said network of guiding tracks comprises at least one first guiding track connecting the first chamber and the second chamber and at least one second guiding track connecting said at least one first guiding track with at least two interconnections; and said at least one second guiding track comprises a curved part; said curved part exhibiting a concavity facing the second chamber or the part of the network connected to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Curie, Université de Paris
    Inventors: Catherine Villard, Jean-Louis Viovy, Renaud Renault, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Jean-Michel Peyrin, Ivan Ferrante
  • Microfluidic Device for Controlling the Geometry of Living Bodies
    Publication number: 20190055511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic device to manipulate, select, treat, or cultivate living bodies, comprising a first chamber, a second chamber and a network of guiding tracks, wherein: said network of guiding tracks comprises at least one first guiding track connecting the first chamber and the second chamber and at least one second guiding track connecting said at least one first guiding track with at least two interconnections; and said at least one second guiding track comprises a curved part; said curved part exhibiting a concavity facing the second chamber or the part of the network connected to the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Catherine Villard, Jean-Louis Viovy, Renaud Renault, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Jean-Michel Peyrin, Ivan Ferrante