Patents by Inventor Alain Labbe

Alain Labbe 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).

  • Electromechanical Pill Device with Localization Capabilities
    Publication number: 20210015398
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a device, system, and method for identifying a location of an ingestible device within a gastrointestinal tract of a body. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes a sensing unit with an axial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to at least one end of the device, and a radial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to a radial wall of the device, and may autonomously identify a location within the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes optical illumination sources and detectors that operate at a plurality of different wavelengths, and may discern regions of a gastrointestinal tract by using the reflection properties of organ tissue and occasional particulates. In some embodiments, the ingestible device may sample fluid or release medicament based on a detected device location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Alain Labbé, Mark Sasha Drlik, Christian Terry Proch McMechan
  • Electromechanical pill device with localization capabilities
    Patent number: 10835152
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a device, system, and method for identifying a location of an ingestible device within a gastrointestinal tract of a body. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes a sensing unit with an axial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to at least one end of the device, and a radial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to a radial wall of the device, and may autonomously identify a location within the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes optical illumination sources and detectors that operate at a plurality of different wavelengths, and may discern regions of a gastrointestinal tract by using the reflection properties of organ tissue and occasional particulates. In some embodiments, the ingestible device may sample fluid or release medicament based on a detected device location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Progenity, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Alain Labbe, Mark Sasha Drlik, Christian Terry Proch McMechan
  • ELECTROMECHANICAL PILL DEVICE WITH LOCALIZATION CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20170296092
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a device, system, and method for identifying a location of an ingestible device within a gastrointestinal tract of a body. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes a sensing unit with an axial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to at least one end of the device, and a radial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to a radial wall of the device, and may autonomously identify a location within the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes optical illumination sources and detectors that operate at a plurality of different wavelengths, and may discern regions of a gastrointestinal tract by using the reflection properties of organ tissue and occasional particulates. In some embodiments, the ingestible device may sample fluid or release medicament based on a detected device location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Alain Labbe, Mark Sasha Drlik, Christian Terry Proch McMechan