Patents by Inventor Vitor Manuel GERALDES FERNANDES

Vitor Manuel GERALDES FERNANDES 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).

  • Publication number: 20220047994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing water consumption in tartaric stabilization of wine by electrodialysis, comprising the following steps: passing an aqueous stream comprising a weak organic acid between a tank and an electrodialysis module; feeding the electrodialysis module with a stream of wine to be treated so that potassium bitartrate or calcium tartrate pass from the wine to be treated to the aqueous stream which flows between the tank and the electrodialysis module, so that during the passage of the aqueous stream through the electrodialysis module, the potassium bitartrate or calcium tartrate initially present in the wine stream are transferred to the aqueous stream and discarding the aqueous stream when it reaches a certain potassium bitartrate or calcium tartrate saturation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Vitor Manuel GERALDES FERNANDES, Rui DE BRITO ESTRELA
  • Patent number: 10208280
    Abstract: A system and method for preservation, storage and transport of biological materials by the use of at least one deformable container configured with at least one inlet at one end, an outer surface greater than 80% of the total surface of the cavities of the support and a width and length sufficient for it to be placed in contact with all the heat transfer plates of the support. The support has at least two cavities delimited by the heat transfer plates, with temperature control device, side walls and at least one main front door. The system allows improvement of the heat transfer necessary for freezing and thawing large volumes of solutions containing biological materials. It also allows to considerably accelerate the heat transfer, as well as the reproducibility and scalability of the freezing and thawing process while keeping the system very compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO
    Inventors: Miguel Angelo Joaquim Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Geraldes Fernandes
  • Publication number: 20160348060
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system and method for preservation, storage and transport of biological materials by the use of at least one deformable container configured with at least one inlet at one end, an outer surface greater than 80% of the total surface of the cavities (101) of the support (100) and a width and length sufficient for it to be placed in contact with all the heat transfer plates (132) of the support (100). The support (100) has at least two cavities (101) delimited by the heat transfer plates (132), with means for temperature control, side walls (103) and at least one main front door (102). This technology allows improvement of the heat transfer necessary for freezing and thawing large volumes of solutions containing biological materials. This technology allows to considerably accelerate the heat transfer, as well as the reproducibility and scalability of the freezing and thawing process while keeping the system very compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Miguel Angelo JOAQUIM RODRIGUES, Vitor Manuel GERALDES FERNANDES