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| 20080249616 | Reinforced Porous Coating - The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a porous coating with structures in the micro or nano-size domain characterized by the following steps: -providing a support having a surface, -depositing on said surface one mono-layer of temporary particles, -depositing a coating on said temporary particles in such a way that the thickness of said coating is less than the particle diameter, -eliminating said temporary particles and thereby obtaining a porous coating, the pores of said coating corresponding to the spaces previously occupied by the temporary particles and at least a part of the pores communicating with the external environment, -applying a coating fixation step, characterized by the fact that said temporary particles are deposited on said surface in such a way that, after particle deposition, more than 50% of the temporary particles are in contact with a maximum of two adjacent particles and otherwise are separated by an empty space. The invention also concerns a coating and an object which can be obtained with this process. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080294029 | System to Measure Blood Coagulation Related Parameters - System to measure blood coagulation related parameters comprising one first channel ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090044875 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM - Microfluidic system ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090098178 | Porous Coating Loaded with a Liquid or a Solid Substance - The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a porous coating with structures in the micro or nano-size domain characterized by the following steps: -providing a support having a surface, -depositing on said surface one mono-layer of temporary particles, -depositing a coating on said temporary particles in such a way that the thickness of said coating is less than the particle diameter, -eliminating said temporary particles and thereby obtaining a porous coating, the pores of said coating corresponding to the spaces previously occupied by the temporary particles and at least a pail of the pores communicating with the external environment, -applying a coating fixation step, characterized by the fact that it furthermore comprise a filling step where said pores are at least partially filled with a liquid or solid substance. The invention also concerns a coating and an object which can be obtained with this process. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090118695 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A SOLUTION - Medical device for administering a solution, said device comprising pumping means, a reservoir, means of communication between said reservoir and said pumping means, and a line for connecting the medical device to a patient, characterized in that it comprises means for determining the physical/chemical characteristics of the solution as a function of time by means of a mathematical model that takes account of the permeability of the reservoir walls as a function of time and the temperature of the solution. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090177273 | ANISOTROPIC NANOPOROUS COATINGS FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS - The present invention relates to a process for fabricating a porous coatings with controlled structure in the micro and nano-size domain. In particular, but not exclusively, it relates to a process for fabricating coatings with an anisotropic pore size distribution and to coatings obtained using such coatings. It describes in particular the use of ink-jet method to deposit in a controlled way such coatings. It also relates to porous coatings with controlled structure in the micro and nano-size domain. The coating has a thickness between 10 nanometers and 10 millimeters and its porosity is created in such a way that the pore size distribution is anisotropic. It finally describes objects covered with this coating. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090199917 | Microfluidic Device with Variable Volume Material - The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising a first plate forming the substrate and including at least one perforation and, on either side of said first plate, at several locations, a material for defining passage portions consisting, in at least one of said locations, of an activatable material varying in volume on activation, said material being disposed at said locations in an arrangement that, during a first phase and upon activation of at least one location consisting of said activatable material, transforms it from a first configuration to a second configuration, modifying a three-dimensional network corresponding, in the second configuration and depending on the selected location(s) that are activated in said first phase, to different liquid paths including passage portions in offset planes parallel to the plane of the first plate, at least on either side of said first plate, and between which at least one of said perforations is located. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090240233 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR INJECTING LIQUID - The invention relates to a device for injecting liquid, comprising a piece of tubing on which there is situated at least a first liquid occlusion system. According to the invention, a regulation system is situated upstream from the first occlusion system, the two systems defining an intermediate segment in which the pressure, in the absence of injection, is greater than the pressure that exists downstream from the first occlusion system so as to direct any leak of liquid from the first occlusion system downstream. The invention is applicable to a pump used for injecting contrast liquid for medical imaging. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090324676 | POROUS COATING INCORPORATING FLUID RESERVOIRS - Porous coating for the controlled release of fluids such as drugs comprising a porous structure with internal reservoirs and passages, said reservoirs communicating with the external environment through said passages, in such a way that a fluid can move between the reservoirs and the external environment, characterized by the fact that for at least a group of said passages, each passage contains a restricting element which partially restricts the passage cross section. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100030070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTING CONTRAST PRODUCTS - The invention concerns a system for injecting contrast product comprising an injecting mechanism, at least two reservoirs operatively associated with the injecting mechanism, said reservoirs being designed to contain at least one contrast product and one rinsing product respectively; and a control device comprising programming means, which is operatively associated with the injecting mechanism and capable of operating for programming selectively one or more injection process phases. The system is characterized in that it comprises a triggering member operatively associated with the control device so that the control device is capable of programming at least one injecting phase of the contrast product at a predetermined flow rate followed by a rinsing phase at another predetermined flow rate and a programmed duration for injecting the contrast product based on a signal given during the injection by said triggering member when the contrast product is visualized in a region of interest. The invention also concerns a method for using said system as well as various applications thereof. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110054397 | MEDICAL LIQUID INJECTION DEVICE - Medical liquid injection device comprising the following distinct elements: a container ( | 03-03-2011 |
