Patents by Inventor Philippe Wandels

Philippe Wandels 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: 11584926
    Abstract: A pipette holder that includes: (i) a base; (ii) a recess made in the base, which can removably house a well support; (iii) a pipette support comprising a first housing into which can be inserted a pipette equipped with one or more tubular pipette cones that each comprise a tip intended for pipetting liquid, the first housing opening out onto the recess of the base, the pipette support being translationally mobile relative to the base in a direction parallel to an axis of the pipette cones and mobile between a first position in which the tip of each pipette cone is inserted in a well of the well support and at least one second position in which the tip is outside the well; and (iv) a second housing which can removably house a magnetized part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: David Alix, Edgar Minassian, Jean-Claude Raymond, Philippe Wandels
  • Publication number: 20230038558
    Abstract: A method for determining the integrity of at least one complex based on at least one biological sample and at least one matrix, including at least the following steps:—acquiring at least one image,—analyzing the image sent by extracting light intensity values representative of at least one spectral band,—relating the light intensity values to one another to obtain representative spectral data,—determining a state of integrity of the complex by comparing each of the representative spectral data by similarity grouping with a determined similarity threshold,—triggering at least one first alert, by the analysis unit, when the representative data are similar to the first state of integrity or to the second state of integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: bioMérieux
    Inventors: Denis LEROUX, Jean-Philippe CHARRIER, Régis MONTVERNAY, Philippe WANDELS
  • Patent number: 11572553
    Abstract: A system for extracting analytes from a biological sample, which includes: an electronic pipette having pipette cones with a tip; a well support; a pipette holder including: a base which can removably house each well support; a pipette support into which the pipette is inserted, and which can move relative to the base between a first position in which the tips of the cones are inserted in a well of the support and at least one second position in which the tips are outside the wells; a housing facing the pipette cones above their tip when the pipette support is in the first position, and facing the tips of the pipette cones when the pipette support is in the second position; and a magnetized part removably inserted in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: David Alix, Edgar Minassian, Jean-Claude Raymond, Philippe Wandels
  • Patent number: 11060053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for hydrating with a liquid sample, the device comprising a container (4) for receiving at least one liquid sample, and a lid (5) possessing a bottom face (51) having at least one hydrating support (3) fastened thereto to present an absorption face (31) for absorbing a liquid sample. According to the invention, the container (4) presents, by means of at least one well (6), a calibrated volume for receiving a liquid sample, the at least said well presenting a hydrating calibrated open section for hydrating a hydrating support (3) defined by the top edge (8) of at least said well (6), the hydrating calibrated open section possessing an area that is less than the area of the absorption face of the hydrating support (3) in order to control the absorption by capillarity of the liquid sample by the hydrating support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BIOMERIEUX
    Inventors: Bruno Colin, Laurence Dévigne, Sandrine Ghirardi, Marie-Pierre Montet, Christine Rozand, Philippe Wandels
  • Publication number: 20210115433
    Abstract: A pipette holder that includes: (i) a base; (ii) a recess made in the base, which can removably house a well support; (iii) a pipette support comprising a first housing into which can be inserted a pipette equipped with one or more tubular pipette cones that each comprise a tip intended for pipetting liquid, the first housing opening out onto the recess of the base, the pipette support being translationally mobile relative to the base in a direction parallel to an axis of the pipette cones and mobile between a first position in which the tip of each pipette cone is inserted in a well of the well support and at least one second position in which the tip is outside the well; and (iv) a second housing which can removably house a magnetized part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: David ALIX, Edgar MINASSIAN, Jean-Claude RAYMOND, Philippe WANDELS
  • Publication number: 20190316114
    Abstract: A system for extracting analytes from a biological sample, which includes: an electronic pipette having pipette cones with a tip; a well support; a pipette holder including: a base which can removably house each well support; a pipette support into which the pipette is inserted, and which can move relative to the base between a first position in which the tips of the cones are inserted in a well of the support and at least one second position in which the tips are outside the wells; a housing facing the pipette cones above their tip when the pipette support is in the first position, and facing the tips of the pipette cones when the pipette support is in the second position; and a magnetized part removably inserted in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: David ALIX, Edgar MINASSIAN, Jean-Claude RAYMOND, Philippe WANDELS
  • Publication number: 20190211299
    Abstract: An end fitting capable of being fitted to the body of a manual or automated device for sampling a biological substance of microbial origin, including: a) a distal end including a means for sampling the biological substance of microbial origin, b) a proximal free end intended to come into contact with the body of the sampling device and to enable the attachment of the end fitting to said body, the end fitting being characterized in that all or some of the free distal end consists of a fibrous material having a porosity at least equal to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: Corinne BEAULIEU, Jean-Philippe CHARRIER, Frédéric FOUCAULT, Cécile PARIS, Philippe WANDELS, Bouchra MAKROUF, Bruno COLIN
  • Publication number: 20190119617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for hydrating with a liquid sample, the device comprising a container (4) for receiving at least one liquid sample, and a lid (5) possessing a bottom face (51) having at least one hydrating support (3) fastened thereto to present an absorption face (31) for absorbing a liquid sample. According to the invention, the container (4) presents, by means of at least one well (6), a calibrated volume for receiving a liquid sample, the at least said well presenting a hydrating calibrated open section for hydrating a hydrating support (3) defined by the top edge (8) of at least said well (6), the hydrating calibrated open section possessing an area that is less than the area of the absorption face of the hydrating support (3) in order to control the absorption by capillarity of the liquid sample by the hydrating support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: Bruno COLIN, Laurence DÉVIGNE, Sandrine GHIRARDI, Marie-Pierre MONTET, Christine ROZAND, Philippe WANDELS
  • Patent number: 9145226
    Abstract: A substantially parallelepiped packaging made of a flexible material such as cardboard, capable of serving as a display stand, including a surface serving as a lid and a surface with at least one cutout, wherein the surface serving as a lid is inserted into the cutout, making it possible to lock the packaging once the same is folded in a planar configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: bioMèrieux
    Inventors: Fabienne Barriere, Philippe Wandels
  • Publication number: 20110126496
    Abstract: A substantially parallelepiped packaging made of a flexible material such as cardboard, capable of serving as a display stand, including a surface serving as a lid and a surface with at least one cutout, wherein the surface serving as a lid is inserted into said cutout, making it possible to lock the packaging once the same is folded in a planar configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: BIOMERIEUX
    Inventors: Fabienne Barriere, Philippe Wandels
  • Patent number: 6070836
    Abstract: A conduit holder having a receptacle portion adapted to be mounted to a threaded bolt in one of two opposed positions. The receptacle area has a pair of spring tongues positioned between two pair of support lands. The bolts is inserted through one of a pair of opposed funnel shaped openings to engage a first pair of support lands with the threads of the bolt. The bolt deflects the spring tongues against the other pair of support lands and the top of the bolt is received in the opposite funnel shaped opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: A. Raymond & Cie
    Inventors: Emmanuel Battie, Philippe Wandels