Patents by Inventor Bertrand Viellerobe
Bertrand Viellerobe 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).
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Patent number: 11884010Abstract: A printing method employs a piece of equipment comprising an energy-delivering exciter that is orientable to produce a punctiform interaction with at least one ink that possibly contains non-uniformities and that is deposited on a printing medium including a transparent interaction area, in order to cause the transfer of a targeted portion of the ink to a receiver. The method includes a step of generating a wetting film at least partially covering the transparent interaction area, followed by a step of depositing the ink on the surface of the wetting film and transferring steps.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: POIETISInventors: Dan Soto, Fabien Guillemot, Bertrand Viellerobe, Aude Clapies
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Patent number: 11517453Abstract: A bio-printing process comprises a step of preparing a target digital model representative of the three-dimensional organization of the tissue to be produced, a step of controlling a bio-printing instrument for the deposition of a plurality of layers of living cells and of biomaterials, a step of calculation of a digital printing model as a function of the digital model of the product to be produced, and of a model predicting change, and also characteristics of the constituents to be printed. The step of controlling the bio-printing instrument is carried out according to the digital printing model calculated in this way. A system is also described for implementing this process.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PoietisInventors: Fabien Guillemot, Bertrand Viellerobe, Guillaume Simon, Guillaume Vandeneeckhoutte
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Publication number: 20220152925Abstract: A printing method employs a piece of equipment comprising an energy-delivering exciter that is orientable to produce a punctiform interaction with at least one ink that possibly contains non-uniformities and that is deposited on a printing medium including a transparent interaction area, in order to cause the transfer of a targeted portion of the ink to a receiver. The method includes a step of generating a wetting film at least partially covering the transparent interaction area, followed by a step of depositing the ink on the surface of the wetting film and transferring steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: POIETISInventors: Dan SOTO, Fabien GUILLEMOT, Bertrand VIELLEROBE, Aude CLAPIES
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Patent number: 11236296Abstract: An apparatus for transferring bio-ink onto a target having a slide defining a receiving area of a film of fluid containing inhomogeneities, a laser source associated with controlled diversion means and an optical block for focusing in a plane of the fluid film in order to apply a local pulse, wherein the apparatus also comprises imaging means and means for analyzing images in order to recognize the geometric positions of the inhomogeneities in the film, and an observable feature of each of the inhomogeneities (size, shape factor, type of particles, age of the particle, density, type of biomaterial, molecule, etc.) recognized by the appropriate analysis means. The apparatus further comprises selection means for selecting at least one of the inhomogeneous areas, and means for controlling the diversion in order to direct the laser beam toward the position of the inhomogeneous area and trigger the firing of the laser.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: PoietisInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Romain Vaucelle, Fabien Guillemot
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Publication number: 20210394444Abstract: A bioprinting system comprises: a) a printing module containing at least one printhead for printing transferable objects of biological interest and at least one target, b) a feed source for the printhead for printing objects of biological interest, c) an activation means for the transfer of the objects of biological interest to the target, d) a means for relative displacement of the printhead with respect to the target, e) a sterilizable sealed enclosure, characterized in that—the printing module is placed the sterilizable sealed enclosure—the activation means is located outside of the sterilizable sealed enclosure,—said and the sterilizable sealed enclosure has a leaktight interaction zone with the activation means.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Fabien Guillemot, Bertrand Viellerobe
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Publication number: 20210354381Abstract: A bioprinting system for manufacturing a structured biological material, from materials of which at least a portion is constituted by biological particles (cells and cell derivatives), comprises: a) a printing assembly containing at least one print head for printing objects of biological interest and at least one target, b) a supply source for supplying the print head with objects of biological interest, c) a means for bioprinting the objects of biological interest, and d) a means for moving the print head relative to the target, characterized in that the movement means is constituted by a robot controlling the movement of the target along six axes, at least one of the print heads being stationary during the printing phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Fabien Guillemot, Evarzeg Le Bouffant
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Patent number: 10875322Abstract: A device for deposition of particles on a target from a transparent slide having a film formed by a fluid containing suspended particles, by locally exciting the film using a laser, includes means for observing the local excitation region. The observation means comprise a sensor and a light source, the optical axes of which are substantially shared in a space between an optical splitter and the film. The optical beam of the imaging system and the optical beam of the laser are coaxially arranged in the space between the controlled optical deflection means and the film. The device comprises a first focusing optical unit arranged between the controlled optical deflection means and the film. The device comprises a second image-combining optical unit positioned between the sensor and the splitter, the sensor being positioned in the focal plane of the second optical unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: Universite de Bordeaux, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)Inventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Romain Vaucelle, Fabien Guillemot
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Publication number: 20200102529Abstract: The present disclosure relates to equipment and a method for additive manufacturing, comprising an orientable energy excitation means for generating intermittent interaction with a fluid covering a blade in order to trigger a jet oriented in the direction of a target, the fluid consisting of a liquid vector containing inhomogeneities, wherein: the fluid forms a liquid film of a thickness measuring less than 500 ?m on a blade having at least one area allowing the interaction with the laser, into which at least one inlet leads, the interaction area leading into at least one outlet, the equipment also comprising means for the circulation of the fluid between the inlet and the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Fabien Guillemot, Bertrand Viellerobe, Jérôme Bouter, Evarzeg Le Bouffant, Romain Voucelle, Dan Soto
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Publication number: 20200046520Abstract: A bio-printing process comprises a step of preparing a target digital model representative of the three-dimensional organization of the tissue to be produced, a step of controlling a bio-printing instrument for the deposition of a plurality of layers of living cells and of biomaterials, a step of calculation of a digital printing model as a function of the digital model of the product to be produced, and of a model predicting change, and also characteristics of the constituents to be printed. The step of controlling the bio-printing instrument is carried out according to the digital printing model calculated in this way. A system is also described for implementing this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Fabien Guillemot, Bertrand Viellerobe, Guillaume Simon, Guillaume Vandeneeckhoutte
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Publication number: 20200009877Abstract: A device for deposition of particles on a target from a transparent slide having a film formed by a fluid containing suspended particles, by locally exciting the film using a laser, includes means for observing the local excitation region. The observation means comprise a sensor and a light source, the optical axes of which are substantially shared in a space between an optical splitter and that the film. The optical beam of the imaging system and the optical beam of the laser are coaxially arranged in the space between the controlled optical deflection means and the film. The device comprises a first focusing optical unit arranged between the controlled optical deflection means and the film. The device comprises a second image-combining optical unit positioned between the sensor and the splitter, the sensor being positioned in the focal plane of the second optical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Romain Vaucelle, Fabien Guillemot
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Publication number: 20200010787Abstract: An apparatus for transferring bio-ink onto a target having a slide defining a receiving area of a film of fluid containing inhomogeneities, a laser source associated with controlled diversion means and an optical block for focusing in a plane of the fluid film in order to apply a local pulse, wherein the apparatus also comprises imaging means and means for analyzing images in order to recognize the geometric positions of the inhomogeneities in the film, and an observable feature of each of the inhomogeneities (size, shape factor, type of particles, age of the particle, density, type of biomaterial, molecule, etc.) recognized by the appropriate analysis, means. The apparatus further comprises selection means for selecting at least one of the inhomogeneous areas, and means for controlling the diversion in order to direct the laser beam toward the position of the inhomogeneous area and trigger the firing of the laser.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicants: Poietis, PoietisInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Romain Vaucelle, Fabien Guillemot
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Patent number: 8808171Abstract: An endoscopy device includes several light guides (1, 2, 3), each light guide having one or more optical fibers. The light guides are coupled with a sweeping system (4) arranged to direct an excitation light beam in alternation in one of the fibers of the guides from the proximal end of the guide including the one of the fibers. In this way, the proximal ends of the guides may make use of the same sweeping system, whereas the distal ends of the guides may be installed simultaneously in different zones of interest of an object or animal (10) under study for an almost simultaneous observation of the zones of interest. The invention also relates to an endoscopy method used in a device according to the invention. A device and a method according to the invention may be applied to quasi-simultaneous reflectance, fluorescence, multi-photon imaging of several areas of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Francois Lacombe, Bertrand Viellerobe, Nicolas Boularot, Francois Doussoux, Aymeric Perchant
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Patent number: 8644663Abstract: An imaging device including an illumination module including at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam, a scanning and injection module including an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibers, and a scanning and injection optical system configured to alternately inject the at least one excitation beam into an optical fiber of the image guide from the proximal end of the image guide, and a detection module including at least one detector for detecting at least one luminous flux collected at the distal end of the image guide. At least one of the illumination module and the detection module is optically conjugated with the scanning and injection module by a conjugating optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Francois Lacombe, Nicolas Boularot, Francois Doussoux, Nicolas Lavillonniere
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Patent number: 8577445Abstract: An optical head includes: a point source producing an excitation beam, optical elements adapted to converge the optical beam into an excitation point located in a subsurface plane relative to the surface of a sample, the plane being perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical head; and elements for scanning the excitation point so as to define an observation field in the subsurface plane along two perpendicular scanning directions, a rapid online scanning and a slow columnar scanning. The invention includes micro-electrical mechanical systems designed to move in translation along a selected displacement at least one of the optical elements, which is mobile along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis so as to obtain at least one of the scanning directions. The invention provides the advantages of maintaining an axial illumination of the sample and of using a miniature head.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Frederic Berier, Bertrand Viellerobe, Magalie Genet, Francois Lacombe, Pedro Santos
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Patent number: 8300326Abstract: A miniaturized optical head provided to equip the distal end of a beam of flexible optical fibers scanned by a laser beam, is designed to come in contact with a sample and to excite the sample confocally. This optical head includes elements for correcting spherical aberrations and focusing members. The focusing members include: at least a first lens (L4) of high convergence associated with a spherical or hemispherical lens (L5) arranged at the distal end of the optical head, and elements for correcting the axial and lateral chromatic aberration provided with a single divergent lens (3b) whose curvature is substantially centered on the pupil of the optical fiber beam and arranged at the exact distance for this pupil for which the conditions of lateral achromatization coincide with the conditions of axial achromatization; this divergent lens being associated with a second convergent lens (L3a) in the form of a doublet (L3).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Magalie Genet, Gilles Mathieu, Bertrand Viellerobe, François Doussoux, Nicolas Boularot, Nicolas Lavillonniere
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Patent number: 8237131Abstract: A system for carrying out fibered multiphoton microscopic imagery of a sample (10) for use in endoscopy or fluorescence microscopy includes: a femtosecond pulsed laser (1, 2) for generating a multiphoton excitation laser radiation; an image guide (8) having a number of optical fibers and permitting the sample to be illuminated by a point-by-point scanning in a subsurface plane; pre-compensating elements (4) for pre-compensating for dispersion effects of the excitation pulses in the image guide (8), these elements being situated between the pulsed laser and the image guide (8); scanning elements for directing, in succession, the excitation laser beam in a fiber of the image guide, and; in particular, an optical head (9) for focussing the excitation laser beam exiting the image guide in the sample (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignees: Mauna Kea Technologies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de LimogesInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Francois Lacombe, Alexandre Loiseau, Frederic Louradour, Mickael Lelek, Alain Barthelemy, Dominique Pagnoux
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Patent number: 8081310Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fluorescent fiber image of a sample, wherein a sample is scanned with the aid of an excitation signal; the fluorescent signal emanating from the sample is detected, wherein the excitation signal and fluorescent signal use the same optical path; the optical path is used to excite at least two fluorophores contained in the sample; a final image is produced, including areas that are colored according to the at least two fluorophores. The multimarking according to the invention makes it possible to simultaneously acquire two images in two different wavelength bands. The system according to the invention can comprise a spectrometer for spectral quantification of the fluorescent signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Florence Jean, Genevieve Bourg-Heckly, Alexandre Loiseau
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Publication number: 20110133101Abstract: An imaging device including an illumination module including at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam, a scanning and injection module including an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibers, and a scanning and injection optical system configured to alternately inject the at least one excitation beam into an optical fiber of the image guide from the proximal end of the image guide, and a detection module including at least one detector for detecting at least one luminous flux collected at the distal end of the image guide. At least one of the illumination module and the detection module is optically conjugated with the scanning and injection module by a conjugating optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: MAUNA KEA TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Francois Lacombe, Nicolas Boularot, Francois Doussoux, Nicolas Lavillonniere
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Publication number: 20110015529Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the fabric using an acquisition system that includes at acquisition of in-vivo fluorescence imaging from a least one optical fibre exciting the fabric by scanning light beam. According to the invention, the system is used to detect fluorescence signals emitted by the Methylene Blue present in the fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: MAUNA KEA TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Benjamin Abrat, Charlotte Cave, Alexandre Loiseau, Jerome Lopez, Anne Osdoit, Bertrand viellerobe
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Patent number: 7869679Abstract: An imaging device includes an illumination module comprising at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam; a scanning and injection module comprising an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibers; a scanning and injection optical system configured to alternately inject the at least one excitation beam into an optical fiber of the image guide from the proximal end of the image guide; a detection module comprising a detector for detecting a luminous flux collected at the distal end of the image guide, wherein at least one of the illumination module and the detection module is optically conjugated with the scanning and injection module using a conjugating optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Mauna Kea TechnologiesInventors: Bertrand Viellerobe, Francois Lacombe, Nicolas Boularot, Francois Doussoux, Nicolas Lavillonniere