Patents by Inventor Nathalie Jongen

Nathalie Jongen 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: 8496944
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the production of powders of an inhalable medicament by crystallization from a supersaturated fluid containing said medicament, the method comprising passing along a tubular reactor (a) a segmented flow of that fluid comprised of discrete volumes; or (b) a fluid mixture being separated by discrete volumes of a separating fluid which is substantially immiscible with said fluid, characterized in that the crystallization is initiated by application of ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignees: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    Inventors: Nathalie Jongen, Jacques Lemaître, Paul Bowen, Marcel Donnet, Joerg Schiewe, Bernd Zierenberg, Cristina Lucica Soare
  • Publication number: 20090068275
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the production of powders of an inhalable medicament by crystallization from a supersaturated fluid containing said medicament, the method comprising passing along a tubular reactor (a) a segmented flow of that fluid comprised of discrete volumes; or (b) a fluid mixture being separated by discrete volumes of a separating fluid which is substantially immiscible with said fluid, characterized in that the crystallization is initiated by application of ultrasound
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nathalie JONGEN, Jacques LEMAITRE, Paul BOWEN, Marcel DONNET, Joerg SCHIEWE, Bernd ZIERENBERG
  • Publication number: 20070202036
    Abstract: An ultrafine powder of barium titanate including solid solutions and doped compounds that meets up to specific characteristics is produced by method comprising two main steps. The first step is a reaction, typically in a Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor, between reactants to produce cubic-structure barium titanate composed of non-agglomerated ultrafine particles having a shape of given aspect ratio, usually a generally spherical shape, of low density corresponding at most to 90% of the intrinsic density, all particles being smaller than 1 micron and having a narrow particle size distribution and wherein the ratio of Ba:Ti including substitutents and dopants is very close to the ideal stoichiometry. This is followed by subjecting the powder produced in the first step to a second stage solvothermal post treatment typically in an autoclave at temperature less than 400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Nathalie Jongen, Andrea Testino
  • Publication number: 20040197275
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved process for the production of powders of an inhalable medicament by crystallization from a supersaturated fluid containing said medicament, the method comprising passing along a tubular reactor
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicants: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Nathalie Jongen, Jacques Lemaitre, Paul Bowen, Marcel Donnet, Joerg Schiewe, Bernd Zierenberg, Cristina Lucica Soare
  • Patent number: 6458335
    Abstract: A process for the production of powders by precipitation from a liquid reaction mixture comprises passing along a tubular reactor a segmented reaction flow comprised of discrete volumes of the reaction mixture separated by discrete volumes of a separating fluid which is substantially immiscible with said reaction mixture, the residence time of said discrete volumes of reaction mixture in the reactor being sufficient for the precipitation reaction to be effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Calcitech Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacques Lemaitre, Nathalie Jongen, Robert Vacassy, Paul Bowen