Patents by Inventor Sandra Laborde

Sandra Laborde 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).

  • Sample preparation unit and sample preparation device
    Patent number: 10774362
    Abstract: Sample preparation unit, preferably for sterility testing: a housing body including at least two ports adapted to serve as fluid inlet and/or fluid outlet, a membrane support, and a lid part such that a membrane chamber is defined adjacent said membrane support. One of at least two ports is arranged so as to allow a fluid transfer to/from a first volume of the membrane chamber at a position upstream of a membrane to be placed on the membrane support, and the other ports arranged to allow fluid transfer to/from a second volume of said membrane chamber at a position downstream of a membrane to be placed on said membrane support. A movable part is provided on housing body such that the movable part and housing body are movable relative to each other, selectively interrupting/establishing fluid transfer between at least one of two ports and the membrane chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Baumstummler, Marie Pressel, Sandra Laborde, David Lehmann, Gael Waiche
  • SAMPLE PREPARATION UNIT AND SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170002395
    Abstract: Sample preparation unit, preferably for sterility testing: a housing body including at least two ports adapted to serve as fluid inlet and/or fluid outlet, a membrane support, and a lid part such that a membrane chamber is defined adjacent said membrane support. One of at least two ports is arranged so as to allow a fluid transfer to/from a first volume of the membrane chamber at a position upstream of a membrane to be placed on the membrane support, and the other ports arranged to allow fluid transfer to/from a second volume of said membrane chamber at a position downstream of a membrane to be placed on said membrane support. A movable part is provided on housing body such that the movable part and housing body are movable relative to each other, selectively interrupting/establishing fluid transfer between at least one of two ports and the membrane chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anne BAUMSTUMMLER, Marie PRESSEL, Sandra LABORDE, David LEHMANN, Gael WAICHE
  • Composition and method for cell permeabilization comprising N-octyl-?-D-glucopyranoside, sodium polyphosphates, rubidium chloride and/or lithium chloride for detecting living cells on a membrane
    Patent number: 8097404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the permeabilization of the walls of microorganisms comprising the combination of octyl-?-D-glucopyranoside (NOG), sodium polyphosphates (HMP), and a salt chosen from lithium chloride or rubidium chloride, and a method for the enumeration and identification of cells on a membrane using said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Ribault, Frederic Olivieri, Herve Meder, David Lehmann, Sandra Laborde
  • Composition for cell permeabilization comprising NOG, HMP, rubidium chloride and/or lithium chloride for detecting living cells on a membrane
    Publication number: 20090246822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for the permeabilization of the walls of microorganisms comprising the combination of octyl-?-D-glucopyranoside (NOG), sodium polyphosphates (HMP), and a salt chosen from lithium chloride or rubidium chloride, and a method for the enumeration and identification of cells on a membrane using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Sebastien Ribault, Frederic Olivieri, Herve Meder, David Lehmann, Sandra Laborde