Patents Assigned to Koelis
  • Patent number: 8702579
    Abstract: A needle holder device for treating the prostate, involving a series of steps of inserting a needle into the prostate, has a rectal probe for ultrasonic 3D imaging and a computer for processing the image acquired by the probe and for computing the position of the needle relative to the prostate. The computer is controlled so as to periodically output information on the movement of the prostate after each of the insertion steps in order to validate the insertion parameters relative to a treatment schedule and, if need be, modifying the insertion parameters relative to the schedule in the event the movement is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Koelis, Universite Joseph Fournier
    Inventors: Michael Bauman, Nikolai Hungr, Antoine Leroy, Jocelyne Troccaz, Vincent Daanen
  • Patent number: 8369592
    Abstract: 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, characterized 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Koelis, Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Antoine Leroy, Michaël Baumann, Pierre Mozer, Jocelyne Troccaz, Vincent Daanen