Patents with PIMA members as inventors
The PIMA Group is an innovation driven group, with a clear commitment to public-private partnerships. We believe in protecting IPRs, so companies can safely use our developments, and then publish the results. Here there are our patents, some of them already commercially exploited, and all of them providing the basis for further developments:
Method for producing nanocomposite materials for multi-sectoral applications
The invention relates to a method for producing intercalated nanocomposites from organic materials with laminar structures. The inventive method is characterised in that it comprises the following steps consisting in: reducing the size of the laminar particles and purifying same, pre-treating the natural and/or synthetic structures using precursors, intercalating modifiers into the laminar structure, adding the product resulting from the previous step in liquid form during the processing of a plastic matrix and/or precipitating the product resulting from the previous step in order to obtain a masterbatch, and incorporating the masterbatch into a plastic matrix using any plastic processing means.
Three-dimensional macroporous substrates for tissue engineering
The present invention describes a three-dimensional substrate that comprises a polymeric matrix and particles, of nanoscale or micron size, of an inorganic material that are dispersed and homogeneously distributed in said matrix. The substrate comprises a continuous network of interconnected macropores and micropores, and may further comprise a continuous biomimetic hydroxyapatite phase. The substrate is useful in tissue engineering applications. The present invention likewise describes a method for producing the substrate and the use thereof.
Inventors: Lagaron, Jose Maria; Gimenez-Torres, Enrique; Cabedo, Luis
Co-continuous hybrid structure for the regeneration of bone defects
The invention relates to a method for obtaining a scaffold consisting of a porous PCL matrix and a hydroxyapatite coating, comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a homogeneous PCL solution in a mixture of two solvents, namely a PCL solvent and a PCL nonsolvent; (ii) filling a mould with the homogeneous solution; (iii) cooling the homogeneous solution to a temperature lower than the temperature at which the separation of the two liquid phases occurs; (iv) isothermal treatment; (v) solidifying both phases, reducing the temperature; (vi) extracting the PCL solvent and the PCL nonsolvent, together with a third solvent; and (vii) depositing biomimetic HAp. The structure is suitable for use in tissue engineering.
Inventors: Gómez-Ribelles, Jose Luis; Lebourgh, Myriam; Monleón, Manuel; Suay, Julio José
System and method of evaluation for corrosion protection in organic coatings
System and method of evaluation for corrosion protection in organic coatings using (1) potentiostat/galvanostat and a Zahner impedance equipment, (2) Response analyzer conected to the first, (3) a logic unit for processing control and programation, a (4) electrochemical cell in a Faraday cage (5).
Inventors: Gómez Ribelles, Jose Luis; Monleón Pradas, Manuel; Suay, Julio José; Lebourgh, Myriam
Inventors: Suay, Julio José; García-Espallargas, Santiago Juan; Gracenea, Jose Javier; Galván, Juan Carlos.
Heat Exchange Nanofluid
The invention relates to a nanofluid comprising an organic synthetic oil which is a polyphenyl, nanoparticles comprising carbon, and at least one sulfone. The nanofluids presents improved properties with respect to the pristin synthetic oil for thermal exchange applications.
Inventors: Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Mondragón Cazorla, Rosa; Hernández López, Leonor; Martínez Cuenca, Raúl; Torró Cueco, Salvador Francisco; Cabedo Mas, Luis