Patents by Inventor Sebastian Fournier-Bidoz

Sebastian Fournier-Bidoz 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).

  • Flow focusing method and system for forming concentrated volumes of microbeads, and microbeads formed further thereto
    Patent number: 9695482
    Abstract: In a method and system for forming concentrated volumes of microbeads, a polymer solution and/or suspension includes a polymer dissolved and/or dispersed in a medium. Streams of a focusing fluid and of the polymer solution and/or suspension flow towards a fluid bath, and into intersection with one another, so as to focus the polymer solution and/or suspension. The polymer solution and/or suspension stream forms microbeads in the fluid bath Some of the focusing fluid is drawn from the fluid bath, so as to concentrate the microbeads in the fluid bath. The system includes a flow focusing apparatus and a liquid-containing cell. The focusing apparatus includes polymer and focusing nozzles. The cell contains the fluid bath and has an outlet port, through which the focusing fluid is drawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Fio Coporation
    Inventors: Sebastian Fournier-Bidoz, Warren Che Wor Chan
  • FLOW FOCUSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING CONCENTRATED VOLUMES OF MICROBEADS, AND MICROBEADS FORMED FURTHER THERETO
    Publication number: 20140038853
    Abstract: In a method and system for forming concentrated volumes of microbeads, a polymer solution and/or suspension includes a polymer dissolved and/or dispersed in a medium. Streams of a focusing fluid and of the polymer solution and/or suspension flow towards a fluid bath, and into intersection with one another, so as to focus the polymer solution and/or suspension. The polymer solution and/or suspension stream forms microbeads in the fluid bath Some of the focusing fluid is drawn from the fluid bath, so as to concentrate the microbeads in the fluid bath. The system includes a flow focusing apparatus and a liquid-containing cell. The focusing apparatus includes polymer and focusing nozzles. The cell contains the fluid bath and has an outlet port, through which the focusing fluid is drawn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: FIO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sebastian Fournier-Bidoz, Warren Che Wor Chan
  • Flow Focusing Method and System for Forming Concentrated Volumes of Microbeads, and Microbeads Formed Further Thereto
    Publication number: 20110081643
    Abstract: In a method and system for forming concentrated volumes of microbeads, a polymer solution and/or suspension includes a polymer dissolved and/or dispersed in a medium. Streams of a focusing fluid and of the polymer solution and/or suspension flow towards a fluid bath, and into intersection with one another, so &s to focus the polymer solution and/or suspension. The polymer solution and/or suspension stream forms microbeads in the fluid bath. Some of the focusing fluid is drawn from the fluid bath, so as to concentrate the microbeads in die fluid bath. The system includes a flow focusing apparatus and a liquid-containing cell. The focusing apparatus includes polymer and focusing nozzles. The cell contains the fluid bath and has an outlet port, through which the focusing fluid is drawn from the fluid bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Sebastian Fournier-Bidoz, Warren Che Wor Chan