Patents by Inventor Pierre-Andrè Cabanes

Pierre-Andrè Cabanes 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).

Method for eliminating Legionella from a colonised aqueous flow by electropulsing, a method for treating an aqueous flow by electropulsing, and its application to eliminating Legionella

Patent number: 6669901

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating an aqueous flow colonised by cells by applying a pulsed electric field, the intensity of the field being less than 1 kV/cm. It also relates to the application of this method to eliminating Legionella and to a method for destroying Legionella.

Type: Grant

Filed: October 15, 2001

Date of Patent: December 30, 2003

Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Inventors: Nathalie Eynard, Pierre-Andrè Cabanes, Justin Teissie
Method for eliminating protozoa, in particular free living amoebas in a colonised aqueous flow, a method for treating an aqueous flow by electropulsing, and its application to eliminating protozoa

Publication number: 20030165399

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating an aqueous flow colonised by cells by applying a pulsed electric field, in which a colonised aqueous flow is subjected to an electric field of an intensity of 1 to 30 kV/cm, and to its application to destroying protozoa, in particular free living amoebas. It also concerns a method for destroying protozoa.

Type: Application

Filed: October 15, 2001

Publication date: September 4, 2003

Inventors: Marie-Christine Vernhes, Pierre-Andre Cabanes, Justin Teissie

Method for eliminating Legionella from a colonised aqueous flow by electropulsing, a method for treating an aqueous flow by electropulsing, and its application to eliminating Legionella

Method for eliminating protozoa, in particular free living amoebas in a colonised aqueous flow, a method for treating an aqueous flow by electropulsing, and its application to eliminating protozoa