Patents by Inventor David Forchelet

David Forchelet 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: 10910749
    Abstract: A connector for providing both a fluidic and electrical connection is disclosed, said connector having a proximal end, a distal end and an elongated body in between, characterized in that the elongated body has an inner cavity spanning throughout its length, and the distal end comprises: a) an inner body portion comprising a first inner electrical contact and b) an outer body portion comprising a second outer electrical contact having a spring element. The connector is easily adaptable to many kind of fluidic actuators and particularly to pipette instruments usually found in laboratory practice and developed to adapt fluidic actuators and pipette instalments to work according to the Coulter principle in every working condition, in particular to adapt the electrical and fluidic connection between a sensing tip and an instrumented pipette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: David Vincent Bonzon, Jean-Pierre Bonzon, Georges Henri Muller, Jean-Baptiste Bureau, Yann Barrandon, Philippe Renaud, David Forchelet, Nicolas Uffer
  • Publication number: 20200381853
    Abstract: A connector for providing both a fluidic and electrical connection is disclosed, said connector having a proximal end, a distal end and an elongated body in between, characterized in that the elongated body has an inner cavity spanning throughout its length, and the distal end comprises: a) an inner body portion comprising a first inner electrical contact and b) an outer body portion comprising a second outer electrical contact having a spring element. The connector is easily adaptable to many kind of fluidic actuators and particularly to pipette instruments usually found in laboratory practice and developed to adapt fluidic actuators and pipette installments to work according to the Coulter principle in every working condition, in particular to adapt the electrical and fluidic connection between a sensing tip and an instrumented pipette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: David Vincent BONZON, Jean-Pierre BONZON, Georges Henri MULLER, Jean-Baptiste BUREAU, Yann BARRANDON, Philippe RENAUD, David FORCHELET, Nicolas UFFER
  • Publication number: 20180267286
    Abstract: The invention concerns an observation device such as cell culture wells comprising an optical element such as a lens or a filter, or even combinations thereof, for compensating an optical effect induced on a sample contained in the observation device and illuminated by a light beam traversing a meniscus. The interaction of a light beam with a meniscus interposed between said light beam and a sample to be visualized, alters the image readout of the sample so that the image thereof results negatively affected. By aligning the optical axis of the optical element with that of the meniscus, an optical effect such as non-uniform light distribution of illumination of the sample can be conveniently compensated. The invention further discloses the optical elements, characterising the observation device, per se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: David Vincent Bonzon, Steve Béguin, David Forchelet, Philippe Renaud, Yann Barrandon, Georges Henri Muller