UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160116613 | X-RAY DETECTOR - The invention relates to a matrix device for measuring characteristics of an X-ray beam. The device includes a first set of detection cells of a size different from the cells of at least one second set of detection cells. Each cell corresponds to an ionization chamber including a detection electrode. The detection electrodes of all the cells have the same effective surface for collecting charges. | 04-28-2016 |
20160035581 | MICROELECTRONIC METHOD FOR ETCHING A LAYER - A microelectronic method for etching a layer to be etched, including: modifying the layer to be etched from a surface of the layer to be etched and over a depth corresponding to at least a portion of thickness of the layer to be etched to form a film, with the modifying including implanting light ions into the layer to be etched; and removing the film includes a selective etching of the film relative to at least one layer underlying the film. | 02-04-2016 |
20160006039 | BIOCOMPATIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITOR - A supercapacitor to be submerged in a medium containing a biological material and an oxidant, wherein the anode comprises a first enzyme that can catalyse the oxidation of the biological material and the cathode comprises a second enzyme that can catalyse the reduction of the oxidant, and wherein each of the anode and cathode electrodes consists of a solid agglomerate of a conductive material mixed with the first or the second enzyme, said agglomerate having a specific surface that is larger than or equal to 20 m | 01-07-2016 |
20150124260 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR INTERFEROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONDITION OF THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF A TUBE - The invention relates to an optical device for interferometric analysis of the condition of the internal surface of a tube ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150070110 | SLOW-WAVE RADIOFREQUENCY PROPAGATION LINE - The instant disclosure describes a radiofrequency propagation line including a conducting strip connected to a conducting plane parallel to the plane of the conducting strip, wherein the conducting plane includes a network of nanowires made of an electrically conductive, non-magnetic material extending orthogonally to the plane of the conducting strip, in the direction of said conducting strip. | 03-12-2015 |
20150050217 | ULTRAFINE NANOPARTICLES AS MULTIMODAL CONTRAST AGENT - The invention relates to a novel use of ultrafine nanoparticles, of use as a diagnostic, therapeutic or theranostic agent, characterized by their mode of administration via the airways. The invention is also directed toward the applications which follow from this novel mode of administration, in particular for imaging the lungs, and the diagnosis or prognosis of pathological pulmonary conditions. In the therapeutic field, the applications envisioned are those of radiosensitizing or radioactive agents for radiotherapy (and optionally curietherapy), or for neutron therapy, or of agents for PDT (photodynamic therapy), in particular for the treatment of lung tumors. | 02-19-2015 |
20150014707 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOS STACK ON A DIAMOND SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a method for producing a component comprising a conductive grid insulated from a semiconductor monocrystalline diamond substrate by an insulating region, comprising the following steps: a) oxygenating the surface of the substrate so as to replace the hydrogen surface terminations of the substrate with oxygen surface terminations; and b) forming the insulating region on the surface of the substrate by repeated monatomic layer deposition. | 01-15-2015 |
20140342349 | USE OF AT LEAST ONE BIOMARKER FOR THE IN VITRO PROGNOSIS OR DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE EPISODES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) - A protein complex isolated from its natural medium and including the ZEBRA protein of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, the isolated protein complex having the following properties:
| 11-20-2014 |
20140309272 | BIS-INDOLIC DERIVATIVES, A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND THEIR USES AS A DRUG - Novel bis-indolic derivatives, processes for their preparation, and their potential use as new antibacterial drugs. | 10-16-2014 |
20140295213 | METHOD FOR FUNCTIONALIZING A SOLID SUBSTRATE, OTHER THAN A SUBSTRATE MADE OF GOLD, VIA SPECIFIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to a method for functionalizing an electrically conductive substrate, which is not a substrate made of gold, via a layer of chemical compounds, said method comprising the following steps:
| 10-02-2014 |
20140236313 | MICROSTRUCTURED ADHESION SUBSTRATE FOR ANIMAL OR HUMAN CELLS - The present invention relates to an adhesion substrate for at least one animal or human cell on the surface of which is generated an adhesion pattern for at least one animal or human cell, said pattern including at least two areas adhering to said cell, which are spaced apart by an area not adhering to said cell on which a polymer not adhering to said cell is immobilized, characterized in that the polymer is selected so as to have a conformation which may be modified by varying a parameter of the environment in which the substrate is found, to a method for preparing such a substrate and to the cell analysis methods using such a substrate. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235557 | Small Efficient Cell Penetrating Peptides Derived From The Scorpion Toxin Maurocalcine - The invention relates to small cell penetrating peptides (CPP) derived from the scorpion toxin maurocalcine and to their use as vectors for the intracellular delivery of various drugs and agents. | 08-21-2014 |
20140183159 | METHOD OF OBTAINING PATTERS IN AN ANTIREFLECTIVE LAYER - The invention relates to the field of production in thin coatings of electronic devices and/or MEMS and relates to an improved method for forming a pattern in a thin SiARC anti-reflective coating, comprising the doping by deposition of such SiARC coating covered with a resist pattern through a protective coating of the resist pattern, then etching the doped zones of the SiARC coating (FIG. | 07-03-2014 |
20140172324 | ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEM - A disclosed method involves: receiving, by a processing device, a first plurality of photon count values indicating a number of photons detected by an optical system during a plurality of first time periods as a result of laser beam excitation of an observation volume of a sample during fluorescence fluctuation microscopy analysis; calculating, by the processing device based on the first plurality of photon count values, a first count rate per molecule indicating the average number of photons detected per molecule of the observation volume; and generating, by the processing device based on the first count rate per molecule, a control signal for configuring a phase modulation device of the optical system. | 06-19-2014 |
20140154402 | PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON BY NATURAL SINTERING FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS - Silicon sintering method, without applying an external force, comprising placement of a silicon sample in a furnace, then heat treatment of this sample at, at least one temperature and at least one partial pressure of oxidising species to control the thickness of a silicon oxide layer on its surface. | 06-05-2014 |
20140076088 | SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING ON A PATIENT AN OBSERVATION AND/OR INTERVENTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a system for positioning with respect to a patient's body an observation and/or intervention device having a portion penetrating into the patient's body comprising a base disposed over the patient's body; a means for supporting the device formed of a first portion movably assembled on the base according to a connection with one degree of freedom, and of a second portion movably assembled on the first portion according to a connection with one degree of freedom and connected to the device; and means for actuating the first portion with respect to the base, and the second portion with respect to the first portion, in which the base surrounds at a distance at least partially the device, said device being detachably connected to the second portion to enable removal of the positioning system while leaving in place the device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140038883 | NOVEL AZACOUMARIN DERIVATIVES HAVING MDR PUMP INHIBITING ACTIVITY - The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), where R | 02-06-2014 |
20130330727 | INTRA-TISSUE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BRAIN TUMOURS - An in vitro diagnostic method for diagnosing a brain tumour belonging to the group formed by two types of tumours: ODGs and GBMs, and for identifying the type of tumour, the method includes the measurement of at least two ratios of the expression levels of miRNA pairs extracted from a biological sample originating from a patient suspected of presenting one of the above-mentioned brain tumours. | 12-12-2013 |
20130284596 | Direct-transfer biopile - The invention relates to a biopile electrode or biosensor electrode intended to be immersed in a liquid medium containing a target and an oxidizer, respectively a reducer, in which the anode comprises an enzyme able to catalyse the oxidation of a target, and the cathode comprises an enzyme able to catalyse the reduction of the oxidizer, and in which each of the anode electrode and cathode electrode consists of a solid agglomeration of carbon nanotubes mixed with the enzyme, and is secured to an electrode wire | 10-31-2013 |
20130267438 | USE OF SPECIFIC GENES FOR THE PROGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER AND THE CORRESPONDING PROGNOSIS METHOD - At least 13 genes chosen among a set of 28 genes for carrying out a method for identifying at least 66% of patients of those having a survival rate of at most about 20% at 30 months, among a population of patients afflicted by lung cancer having an estimated survival rate of at least 30% at 30 months based on the diagnosis of the lung cancer according to histopathological criteria. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267437 | USE OF SPECIFIC GENES OR THEIR ENCODED PROTEINS FOR A PROGNOSIS METHOD OF CLASSIFIED LUNG CANCER - At least one element for the implementation of a prognosis method, preferably in vitro, of the survival rate of a patient afflicted by a lung cancer, the lung cancer being previously classified as a lung tumour selected from squamous cell carcinoma (SQC), adenocarcinoma (ADK), large cell neuro-endocrine tumours (LCNE) and basaloid tumours (BAS). | 10-10-2013 |
20130251639 | Novel Cyclodecapeptide Compounds For Use As Drugs - The invention relates to novel cyclodecapeptide compounds having formula (I) for use as drugs and, more specifically, for use in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Wilson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and for use in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of poisoning with metal ions, such as copper and mercury ions. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound having formula (I) as an active principle. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249653 | Tunable High-Frequency Transmission Line - The invention relates to a high-frequency transmission line including a central conductive strip ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130230771 | Rechargeable metal or metal-ion cell - A rechargeable metal ion cell comprising: an anode comprising at least one metal; a charge-carrying electrolyte comprising a charge carrying medium and at least one metal salt; and an organic polymer cathode, wherein such cathode comprises at least one N-substituted polyphenothiazine polymer [polymer (P)], such polymer (P) comprising at least one N-substituted phenothiazine recurring unit of formula: | 09-05-2013 |
20130200962 | TUNABLE PATCH RESONATOR FILTER - A triangular patch resonator with a triangle pattern ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130189574 | ARYL DIAZONIUM SALT AND USE IN AN ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR - The invention relates to a diazonium aryl salt devoid of hydroxyl functions of the following general formula (1): | 07-25-2013 |
20130177805 | ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH A GENERATOR - An electrochemical generator includes a first electrode covered by a passivation layer having a compound formed by repetition of a pattern of the following formula (7): | 07-11-2013 |
20130165969 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A BLOOD FLOW PRODUCED IN A HEMORRHAGIC AREA - A device for controlling blood flow occurring in a haemorrhagic zone of a biological tissue, includes a flexible plate arranged to be placed opposite this zone, the flexible plate including: substantially leaktight peripheral supporting elements, for applying on the tissue so that the zone is surrounded; a back wall delimiting, with the supporting elements, opposite the zone, a hollow space; connecting elements connecting the hollow space, externally to the flexible plate, to an external aspiration source for creating a vacuum in the hollow space for aspirating and tightly applying the surface of the tissue against the peripheral supporting elements; and a hollow stud placed between the zone and the back wall and hollowed out in its centre on the side of the zone along an axis substantially perpendicular to the back wall, and arranged to be in contact with the zone when the vacuum is created in the space. | 06-27-2013 |
20130122598 | PROCESS FOR THE SPECIFIC ISOTOPIC LABELING OF METHYL GROUPS OF VAL, LEU AND ILE - The invention relates to a process for the specific isotopic labeling of Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine amino acids. The process of the invention uses a 2-alkyl-2-hydroxy-3-oxobutanoic acid in which the alkyl substituent in position 2 is ethyl or methyl. The invention can be used for the analysis of proteins, in particular by NMR. | 05-16-2013 |
20130116201 | USE OF PEPTIDES AS TRANSPORTERS INTENDED FOR THE INTERNALIZATION OF MOLECULES OF INTEREST INTO TARGET CELLS - The method pertains to a peptide including the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, or a peptide including an amino acid sequence having 93%, in particular 95%, particularly 98% sequence identity homology with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, in order to obtain a transporter intended for the internalization of a molecule of diagnostic or therapeutic interest into the target cells. | 05-09-2013 |
20130096083 | USE OF ISOQUINOLONES FOR PREPARING DRUGS, NOVEL ISOQUINOLONES AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESISING SAME - The use of isoquinolones for preparing drugs, including novel isoquinolones as well as their synthesis method. In particular, isoquinolone derivatives used in the treatment of pathological angiogenesis, and more particularly of cancer. | 04-18-2013 |
20130079663 | Device for Transiently Contacting At Least One Unit For Capturing Biological Targets With A Fluid Containing Them, Method For Recovering The Captured Targets And System For Contacting And Recovery - The invention relates to a device for transiently contacting at least one unit for capturing biological targets with a body fluid containing them, a method for recovering the captured targets for analysis, and a system for contacting and recovering a capture substrate included in said unit. The invention relates to samples obtained in particular in vivo from body fluids of the human body, e.g. circulating body fluids, said fluids possibly containing, as targets, proteins, oligonucleotides such as RNA or DNA, antibodies, enzymes or cells. A contacting device ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130063229 | TUNABLE HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION LINE - The invention relates to a high-frequency transmission line including a conductive tape ( | 03-14-2013 |
20120322680 | USE OF MIRNAS AS BIOMARKERS IN GLIOMA DIAGNOSIS - The present application relates to the use of miRNAs as biomarkers in glioma diagnosis. It also relates to the use of miRNAs as biomarkers in glioblastoma and oligodendroglioma diagnosis. | 12-20-2012 |
20120217565 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AN ARRAY OF NANODOTS - A process for obtaining an array of nanodots ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120178923 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING CRYSTALLIZATION - The use of a vapour source ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120177894 | FUNCTIONALIZATION OF SP3 HYBRIDIZED CARBON, SILICON AND/OR GERMANIUM SURFACES - The invention concerns a method for preparing a grafted material comprising the following steps:
| 07-12-2012 |
20120149196 | METHOD FOR ETCHING A MATERIAL IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLID PARTICLES - The invention relates to a method for etching a structure ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120145670 | METHOD FOR ETCHING A MATERIAL IN THE PRESENCE OF A GAS - The invention relates to a method for etching a structure ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120115163 | MARKED PEPTIDES AND USE THEREOF FOR ASSAYING CIRCULATING IRAP - A method for the assay of the circulating extracellular portion of the IRAP protein (“insulin responsive aminopeptidase”) includes at least one stage of quantitative assay of the purified, secreted, extracellular portion of IRAP, via at least one labelled peptide, the labelled peptide interacting specifically with the extracellular portion of IRAP. | 05-10-2012 |
20120098077 | Writable Magnetic Element - The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting magnetization having a magnetization direction that is parallel to the plane of the central layer, which layer is sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device to cause a write current to pass through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer at an angle α lying in the range 90°±60°, in particular 90°±30°, and more particularly 90°±15° relative to said magnetization direction in order to generate an effective magnetic field in the central layer, the current being applied either in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first, in order to orient the magnetization direction in a first magnetization direction or in a second magnetization direction opposite to the first. | 04-26-2012 |
20120034204 | FERTILIZATION MODULATION COMPOUNDS AND PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING THEM - This invention relates to fertilization modulation compounds and process for implementing them. | 02-09-2012 |
20120034163 | NON-INVASIVE TOOLS FOR DETECTING VULNERABLE ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES - The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the sequence RILAR (SEQ ID NO: 3), the use thereof in imaging methods, in diagnostic or prognostic methods and for use as a medicament. | 02-09-2012 |
20120020152 | Writable Magnetic Memory Element - The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer and the central layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field having a component along a magnetic field direction that is either parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the central layer and the current flow direction, and wherein the magnetization direction and the magnetic field direction are mutually perpendicular. | 01-26-2012 |
20120018822 | Writable Magnetic Element - The invention relates to a writable magnetic element comprising a stack of layers presenting a write magnetic layer, wherein the stack has a central layer of at least one magnetic material presenting a direction of magnetization that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer, said central layer being sandwiched between first and second outer layers of non-magnetic materials, the first outer layer comprising a first non-magnetic material and the second outer layer comprising a second non-magnetic material that is different from the first non-magnetic material, at least the second non-magnetic material being electrically conductive, and wherein it includes a device for causing current to flow through the second outer layer in a current flow direction parallel to the plane of the central layer, and a device for applying a magnetic field along a magnetic field direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the central layer. | 01-26-2012 |
20110294867 | SENSIZITATION OF CANCER CELLS TO THERAPY USING SINA TARGETING GENES FROM THE 1P AND 19Q CHROMOSOMAL REGIONS - The invention relates to the identification of genes involved in resistance of cancer cells to therapy, to short nucleic acid molecules which inhibit the expression of these genes by RNA interference and to their use as adjuvant in cancer therapy, to sensitize cancer cells to conventional anticancer agents; the short nucleic acid molecules are double-stranded short interfering nucleic acid molecules including a sense and an antisense region, wherein the sense region includes a nucleotide sequence that is selected from the group consisting of: the sequences SEQ ID NO: 15, 11, 13, 14, 30, 31, 38, 46, 64 and 70 and the sequences having at least 70% identity, preferably at least 80% identity, more preferably at least 90% identity with the sequences, and the antisense region includes a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to the sense region. | 12-01-2011 |
20110265731 | DEVICE FOR STUDYING SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN LABORATORY ANIMALS - A device includes, in combination, a horizontal circular support plate ( | 11-03-2011 |
20110250510 | GLUCOSE BIOFUEL CELL - A biofuel cell intended to be immersed into a liquid medium containing a sugar and oxygen, wherein the anode includes an enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of the sugar and a redox mediator of low redox potential capable of exchanging electrons with the anode enzyme and the cathode includes an enzyme capable of catalyzing the reduction of oxygen and a redox mediator of high redox potential capable of exchanging electrons with the cathode enzyme. Each of the anode and cathode electrodes is formed of a solid agglomerate of a conductive material mixed with the appropriate enzyme and redox mediator and is solid with an electrode wire. | 10-13-2011 |
20110201021 | USE OF THE IRAP PROTEIN FOR IMPLEMENTING METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS AND OF PROGNOSIS - The use of the IRAP protein for implementing methods of diagnosis and of prognosis. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198059 | HEAT EXCHANGE STRUCTURE AND COOLING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A STRUCTURE - A heat exchange structure including a primary face including non-through holes formed in the face. The inner surface of the holes and the surface of the primary face outside the holes are covered with nanoparticles. The inside of the holes have a non-wettability property relative to a given liquid and the surface of the face between the holes have a wettability property relative to the liquid. | 08-18-2011 |
20110166428 | NOVEL METHOD FOR MEASURING INSULIN RESISTANCE - Method of using at least one glucose derivative, halogenated in the 6 position, for the implementation of a process for the determination of insulin resistance in a mammal, in particular man, by measuring
| 07-07-2011 |
20110159520 | HYBRID PROTEINS COMPRISING MEMBRANE RECEPTOR AND ION CHANNEL, AND THEIR USE AS BIOSENSORS - The present invention relates to the use of a hybrid protein including the sequence of a first membrane receptor fused at its C-terminus to the N-terminus of an ion channel, and possibly containing a linker between the C-terminus of the first membrane receptor and the N-terminus part of the ion channel, the linker being absent in the natural configuration of the first membrane receptor and the ion channel, as a biosensor for: the screening of drugs modulating the activity of the first membrane receptor in its natural configuration, and/or for the in vitro diagnosis of pathologies associated with the presence or the variation of amount of a molecule modifying the activity of the first membrane receptor in its natural configuration. | 06-30-2011 |
20110143354 | Universal primers and their use for detecting and identifying plant materials in complex mixtures - Polynucleotides and primers flanking a variable region of the intron of the chloroplast gene trnL of plant materials for detecting and identifying plant species, and methods for detecting and identifying plant species in complex or degraded mixtures. | 06-16-2011 |
20110135967 | BIO-BATTERY WITH ENHANCED YIELD - A novel cell including first and second chambers containing a solvent and separated by a wall permeable to the solvent and impermeable to hydronium and/or hydroxyl ions; a first electrode in the first chamber; a second electrode in the second chamber; a first redox couple in the first chamber comprising a first oxidizer and a first reducer taking part in first oxidation-reduction reactions resulting in an electron exchange with the first electrode; a second redox couple in the second chamber comprising a second oxidizer and a second reducer taking part in second oxidation-reduction reactions resulting in an electron exchange with the second electrode, the wall being impermeable to the first and second redox couples; and first enzymes or first microorganisms placed in the first or second chamber and promoting a third oxidation-reduction reaction resulting transforming a first substance to a second substance comprising acid or alkaline species. | 06-09-2011 |
20110112285 | NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES COMPRISING A 5-PHOSPHATE MONOESTER OR 5-THIOPHOSPHATE MONOESTER END - The preparation of oligonucleotides having a 5′-phosphate monoester end. | 05-12-2011 |
20110091969 | MUTATIONS IN THE NS5B PROTEIN OF THE HCV - An NS5B protein of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), with good replication performance, has a point mutation in at least one of the following positions:
| 04-21-2011 |
20110081063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AND LOCATING PUNCTURES UNDER PROSTATIC ECHOGRAPHY - The present disclosure relates to a prostatic imaging system including steps of recording and processing images acquired by the ultrasonographic head of a rectal probe equipped with an active puncture guide, characterised in that it includes steps of processing at least a part of the images acquired by the probe for calculating transformations to a “reference image” repository relative to the initial position of the prostate, at least a part of the images acquired during the successive punctures including the location of the various positions of the needle being recorded with a view to visualising representations thereof on a single image including at least a part of the prostate. The present disclosure also relates to a system for the prostatic imaging implementing said prostatic imaging method. | 04-07-2011 |
20110076671 | USE OF SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE DERIVED FROM ZEBRA PROTEIN FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) REACTIVATION - Method of using polypeptide derived from ZEBRA protein, or variants or isoforms of the polypeptide for the in vitro and ex vivo screening of the EBV virus reactivation in a biological sample of a subject afflicted by a pathology associated with EBV infection. | 03-31-2011 |
20110066178 | DEVICE FOR HAEMOSTATIC CONTROL OF A BLOOD FLOW - A device for the haemostatic control of bleeding, including a water-tight collecting suction cup, which is able to surround and be tightly applied onto a tissue area to be treated, wherein a haemorrhage or a bleeding episode to be controlled takes place, and wherein this suction cup comes into contact with the periphery of the tissue area and defines an inner volume which is tightly linked through a catheter or a similar linking tube to an outer suction and vacuum-creating device, thus creating in this volume, between the suction cup and the tissue area, a depression having a defined value, wherein the suction cup has the general shape of a dome, whose bottom supports an inner supporting device which is able to be placed opposite the tissue area under the suction cup. The inner supporting device includes a solid obturator or a perforated grid. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064773 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A THYROID HORMON AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as active substance, at least one hormone chosen among 3′,5′,3-triiodothyronine (rT3), a rT3 derived hormone, or a precursor of rT3, such as T4 in association with a molecule susceptible to promote the formation of rT3, in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. | 03-17-2011 |
20110059856 | IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SOMATIC AND OVARIAN CANCERS - Method of using one element chosen among a nucleic acid molecule, a fragment of the nucleic acid molecule and a variant of the nucleic acid molecule for the in vitro or ex vivo diagnosis of any type of somatic or ovarian cancers, wherein at least one of any of the above described elements is abnormally expressed in cancer cells of at least one type of the somatic or ovarian cancers, and wherein each type of somatic or ovarian cancer cells abnormally expresses at least one of the above described elements. | 03-10-2011 |
20110055981 | Device for Positioning a Moveable Object of Submicron Scale - The instant disclosure describes a device for positioning a moveable object which can be moved over a distance of the order of 1 nanometer in a time of 1 microsecond or less, comprising: a microtip; first piezoelectric positioning, polarization, detection and control means for moving the microtip relative to the object and bringing it to a distance of the order of 1 nanometer from the object in order to make a tunnel current flow between the microtip and the object, for measuring the tunnel current and for slaving, depending on the measured tunnel current, the distance between the microtip and the object to a constant value (d | 03-03-2011 |
20110033868 | USE OF A NITRATED PROTEIN OR PEPTIDE SEQUENCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS - The present invention relates to the use of quantitative assay, in particular in vitro, in a biological sample, of the degree of nitration of tyrosine residues of a particular nitrated protein or physiological peptide sequence, for the implementation of a method of in vitro diagnosis of the state of severity and progressiveness of a chronic or acute pathology associated with nitrating stress. | 02-10-2011 |
20110028554 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DIIODOTHYRONINE AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as active substance, at least one hormone chosen among 3,5-diiodothyronine (3,5-T2), 3′,3-diiodothyronine (3′,3-T2), 3′,5-diiodothyronine (3′,5-T2), 3′-iodothyronine (3′-T), 3-iodothyronine (3-T) or 5-iodothyronine (5-T), in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. | 02-03-2011 |
20110027807 | PROTEIN SPECIFIC TO PANCREATIC BETA CELLS IN ISLETS OF LANGERHANS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The invention relates to protein ZnT-8 which is specifically expressed in the pancreatic beta cells in islets of Langerhans, to a polynucleotide encoding said protein which is involved in the maturation and exocytosis of insulin, and to the applications thereof, for example, for sorting and studying beta cells and for screening medicine acting on diabetes and hyperinsulinism. | 02-03-2011 |
20100330889 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR SHARPENING THE EDGES OF A SKI - A portable device for sharpening the edges of a ski is composed of a carriage equipped with first and second pressing means on the ski in lateral and transverse directions, and of a support mounted on the carriage and comprising fixing means of a machining unit. The fixing means enable translation of the machining unit with respect to the support in a first adjustment direction included in a lateral-transverse plane. The connecting means between the carriage and support enable on the one hand swivelling of the support through 90 degrees around a swivelling axis oriented in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral-transverse plane, and on the other hand translation of the support in a second adjustment direction included in the lateral-transverse plane and perpendicular to the first adjustment direction. | 12-30-2010 |
20100318332 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACT SIMULATION USING LAYERED DEPTH IMAGES - A method for the interactive simulation of an intersection between at least two volumetric objects modelled using geometric primitives. The method first includes applying a Layered Depth Image (LDI) algorithm along a first display axis in order to determine a set of contact pixels. The method further includes: —calculating an intersection volume (V) from the contact pixels; —at each summit of the geometric primitives, calculating a partial derivative of the size of the intersection volume (V) relative to the coordinate of the summit along the projection axis; repeating the preceding steps for the two other orthogonal display axes in order to determine a vector containing the partial derivatives of the size of the volume relative to the coordinates of each of the summits; and—at each summit, associating a force f calculated from the partial derivatives. | 12-16-2010 |
20100298422 | NOVEL POLYSPIRANE COMPOUNDS, APPLICATION THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA OR TOXOPLASMOSIS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - Novel polyspirane compounds used in the treatment of diseases involving parasites that belong to the phylum of apicomplexae, and a method for preparing the same. | 11-25-2010 |
20100276005 | SINGLE USE MICROFLUIDIC VALVE - The invention relates to a microfluidic valve ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100266488 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL MADE FROM MAGNESIUM HYDRIDE - A compacted material includes magnesium hydride and expanded natural graphite and a method for preparing such a material including the steps which consist in: (i) mixing a magnesium hydride or powdered magnesium with a powdered graphite; and (ii) shaping the mixture by compaction. It also proposes the use of the material for hydrogen storage and a method for hydrogen storage and release from storage including the steps which consist in: (a) introducing the material into a suitable hydrogen tank; (b) placing the material under hydrogen pressure in pressure and temperature conditions that enable the hydrogen to be absorbed by the material; and (c) desorbing the hydrogen from the material in pressure and temperature conditions permitting the desorption of the material. | 10-21-2010 |
20100198022 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING PLANTAR ULCERS - A method of detecting a risk of occurrence of a plantar ulcer includes the following steps: monitoring at least the temperature and pressure of the sole of at least one foot; as soon as one of the temperature and pressure parameters exceeds a threshold value, opening a first time window for monitoring the first parameter; if at the end of the first time window the first parameter still exceeds the threshold value, monitoring the second parameter during a second time window; and assigning a coefficient of risk to the event encountered. | 08-05-2010 |
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