Patents by Inventor Isabelle Martineau

Isabelle Martineau 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).

  • Concentration and enrichment of microbial cells and microbial nucleic acids from bodily fluids
    Patent number: 8481265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating microorganisms and/or microorganisms nucleic acids from a bodily fluid that may comprise or may be suspected to comprise microorganisms and/or host cells and/or host cells debris. Microorganisms nucleic acids may further be isolated by lysing the isolated microorganisms. The present invention also relates to a method for detecting microorganisms in a bodily fluid. The present invention further relates to a saponin formulation and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Universite Laval
    Inventors: Régis Peytavi, Ann Huletsky, Lucile Belley-Montfort, Isabelle Martineau
  • Concentration and Enrichment of Microbial Cells and Microbial Nucleic Acids from Bodily Fluids
    Publication number: 20110294128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating microorganisms and/or microorganisms nucleic acids from a bodily fluid that may comprise or may be suspected to comprise microorganisms and/or host cells and/or host cells debris. Microorganisms nucleic acids may further be isolated by lysing the isolated microorganisms. The present invention also relates to a method for detecting microorganisms in a bodily fluid. The present invention further relates to a saponin formulation and its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Universite Laval
    Inventors: Régis Peytavi, Ann Huletsky, Lucile Belley-Montfort, Isabelle Martineau
  • NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES AND COMBINATION THEREOF FOR SENSITIVE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL SEPSIS PATHOGENS
    Publication number: 20110151453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of detection, as well as assays, reagents and kits for the specific detection of clinically important bacterial and fungal species. The present invention allows for the specific detection of nucleic acids of each of these pathogens in a single assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Michel G. Bergeron, Maurice Boissinot, Dominique Boudreau, Richard Giroux, Ann Hulet-Sky, Isabelle Martineau, Catherine Ouellet