Patents by Inventor Sylvain Georges Jean Denis

Sylvain Georges Jean Denis 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).

  • Device for simulating a stomach of a monogastric mammal or of a human being
    Patent number: 8257085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for simulating the stomach of a monogastric mammal or of a human being that includes at least two compression chambers (C2, C3) connected together by an intermediate chamber. Each compression chamber (C2, C3) includes a piston (72, 73) adapted for urging the content of a compression chamber (C2, C3) towards the other compression chamber (C2, C3). The device includes means (20) capable of generating turbulent flow of the device content when passing through the intermediate chamber (C8). The intermediate chamber (C8) is formed in an intermediate block (8) provided with an access means (11a, 12, 16) for supplying products (12) and/or tapping the content of the device at any moment of the operation cycle thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Universite d'Auvergne Clermont I
    Inventors: Monique Alric, Sylvain Georges Jean Denis
  • DEVICE FOR SIMULATING A STOMACH OF A MONOGASTRIC MAMMAL OR OF A HUMAN BEING
    Publication number: 20110020780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for simulating the stomach of a monogastric mammal or of a human being that includes at least two compression chambers (C2, C3) connected together by an intermediate chamber. Each compression chamber (C2, C3) includes a piston (72, 73) adapted for urging the content of a compression chamber (C2, C3) towards the other compression chamber (C2, C3). The device includes means (20) capable of generating turbulent flow of the device content when passing through the intermediate chamber (C8). The intermediate chamber (C8) is formed in an intermediate block (8) provided with an access means (11a, 12, 16) for supplying products (12) and/or tapping the content of the device at any moment of the operation cycle thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Monique Alric, Sylvain Georges Jean Denis