FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120160242 | Compact Device for Controlling and Modifying the Pressure of a Gas or a Mixture of Gases - The present invention relates to a device for controlling the pressure of a gas in a circuit by means of the generation of bubbles through a liquid, this effect being is used to produce a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The invention comprises a container containing a liquid; a bubble tube with one end located outside the liquid connected to a device connected to a patient's respiratory tract and the other end located within the liquid; and means for adjusting the level of liquid in the container. The device may also comprise, in addition to the aforesaid, means to stabilize the liquid level inside the container, humidifying and heating means located inside the container, and a gas-recycling system that conveys all or a portion of the gases generated in the container towards the humidifying and heating device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120160016 | SURFACE-DEPOSITED PARTICLE AND SUBSTANCE SAMPLING, DILUTION AND ANALYSIS DEVICE - The present invention is related to providing a device for sampling, diluting and analyzing particles and substances normally located on surfaces, wherein said device comprises a collection system which, through a rotating collecting surface and a scraper gather the sample. The device also comprises a tank-like storage system to store the diluting solution and a dilution chamber that permits the sample to mix with the solution and be diluted. This mixture is subsequently placed in contact with a detection system which is capable of discerning the presence or not of the substance being sampled. | 06-28-2012 |
20120107335 | Synthetic Oligopeptides Designed From Mite Cysteine Proteases and Methods for the Production of - The invention refers to the design, synthesis and evaluation of 6 synthetic oligopeptides, that have not been previously described, designed from the T and B epitopes of allergens of group I of intradomiciliary mites of the species | 05-03-2012 |