Patents by Inventor Cedric Rene Schmitt

Cedric Rene Schmitt 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: 10288541
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for the measurements of viscoelastic properties of a soft sample in which the system incorporates a sample holder that has a membrane with a flexural rigidity that is less than the flexural rigidity of the main body and allowing vibration of the membrane-sample vibration unit in response to a vibration excitation to create resonance vibration modes that are detected to derive the viscoelastic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: RHEOLUTION INC.
    Inventors: Anis Redha Hadj Henni, Cédric René Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9494475
    Abstract: A system for dynamically measuring viscoelasticity of material samples using shear wave induced resonance, the system comprising: i) an apparatus comprising a vibration source; a vibration detector; a processor, and a user interface, for example to select a sample holder configuration, and ii) a rigid sample holder connectable to the vibration source, wherein the vibration source generates shear waves that induce vibrations and the resonance of a sample through the holder, the vibration sensor measuring the sample vibrations and resonance, and the processor determining the viscoelasticity of the sample from the vibrations or resonances and from the selected sample holder configuration. Multiple measurement modalities using the system to study materials viscoelasticity as function of time parameters; temperature parameters; strain parameters; repetition parameters and mapping parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: VAL-CHUM, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Anis Redha Hadj Henni, Cedric Rene Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160274015
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for the measurements of viscoelastic properties of a soft sample in which the system incorporates a sample holder that has a membrane with a flexural rigidity that is less than the flexural rigidity of the main body and allowing vibration of the membrane-sample vibration unit in response to a vibration excitation to create resonance vibration modes that are detected to derive the viscoelastic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Anis Redha HADJ HENNI, Cédric René SCHMITT
  • Publication number: 20130174666
    Abstract: A system for dynamically measuring viscoelasticity of material samples using shear wave induced resonance, the system comprising: i) an apparatus comprising a vibration source; a vibration detector; a processor, and a user interface, for example to select a sample holder configuration, and ii) a rigid sample holder connectable to the vibration source, wherein the vibration source generates shear waves that induce vibrations and the resonance of a sample through the holder, the vibration sensor measuring the sample vibrations and resonance, and the processor determining the viscoelasticity of the sample from the vibrations or resonances and from the selected sample holder configuration. Multiple measurement modalities using the system to study materials viscoelasticity as function of time parameters; temperature parameters; strain parameters; repetition parameters and mapping parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L'UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
    Inventors: Anis Redha Hadj Henni, Cedric Rene Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20130058195
    Abstract: The present relates to a device, a system and a method for generating radiation forces in a region of interest. For doing so, a plurality of additive shear waves are generated in the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Guy CLOUTIER, Anis Redha Hadj HENNI, Cédric Réne SCHMITT, Emmanuel MONTAGNON