Patents by Inventor Hervé Desvaux

Hervé Desvaux 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: 7777493
    Abstract: A method of adjusting an excitation and detection circuit for nuclear magnetic resonance, the circuit comprising a probe (S) of the type comprising a single coil (L) for transmitting pulses to excite the nuclear spins of a sample immersed in a magnetic field and for detecting a resonance signal from said nuclear spins, said method being characterized by a step of tuning the resonant frequency in reception of said circuit to the Larmor frequency (f0) of the nuclear spins of the atoms that are to be detected. An excitation and detection circuit for nuclear magnetic resonance, said circuit being characterized in that it is adapted to implement an adjustment method as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Hervé Desvaux, Denis Marion
  • Patent number: 7564243
    Abstract: The invention relates to an NMR analysis system and method for obtaining an NMR signal from a liquid solution enhanced in relation to the value that it would have on the basis of the thermodynamic equilibrium. It has been discovered in a surprising manner that if the spins of the cores of a highly-polarized polarization source and the spins of the cores of the liquid solution are irradiated such that a polarization transfer, such as a Hartmann-Hahn transfer, of the spins of the cores of the source to the spins of the cores of the liquid solution is carried out by means of a coherent coupling resulting from the dipolar field created by the cores of the source, an NMR signal of the liquid solution is obtained, said signal being significantly enhanced in relation to the value it would have on the basis of the thermodynamic equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Hervé Desvaux, Lionel Dubois
  • Publication number: 20090140738
    Abstract: A method of adjusting an excitation and detection circuit for nuclear magnetic resonance, the circuit comprising a probe (S) of the type comprising a single coil (L) for transmitting pulses to excite the nuclear spins of a sample immersed in a magnetic field and for detecting a resonance signal from said nuclear spins, said method being characterized by a step of tuning the resonant frequency in reception of said circuit to the Larmor frequency (f0) of the nuclear spins of the atoms that are to be detected. An excitation and detection circuit for nuclear magnetic resonance, said circuit being characterized in that it is adapted to implement an adjustment method as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Herve DESVAUX, Denis Marion
  • Publication number: 20080204014
    Abstract: The invention relates to an NMR analysis system and method for obtaining an NMR signal from a liquid solution enhanced in relation to the value that it would have on the basis of the thermodynamic equilibrium. It has been discovered in a surprising manner that if the spins of the cores of a highly-polarised polarisation source and the spins of the cores of the liquid solution are irradiated such that a polarisation transfer, such as a Hartmann-Hahn transfer, of the spins of the cores of the source to the spins of the cores of the liquid solution is carried out by means of a coherent coupling resulting from the dipolar field created by the cores of the source, an NMR signal of the liquid solution is obtained, said signal being significantly enhanced in relation to the value it would have on the basis of the thermodynamic equilibrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Herve Desvaux, Lionel Dubois