Patents Assigned to SA VERMON
  • Bimodal diagnostic probe using optical and ultrasonic imaging, including at least one removable shell having on-board optical means
    Patent number: 9579081
    Abstract: A device for a bimodal diagnostic probe with optical and ultrasonic imaging, the probe including a main body supporting an ultrasonic transducer at its front end. The device includes a shell, an illumination mechanism mounted on a front end of the shell to light outside of the shell, and a collection or detection mechanism mounted on the front end of the shell to collect or detect an optical signal produced outside the shell. The shell includes an attachment mechanism to reversibly assemble it around the main body of the probe, with the illumination mechanism and the collection or detection mechanism mounted on the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, SA VERMON
    Inventors: Jérôme Boutet, An Nguyen-Dinh, Mathieu Debourdeau, Odile Messineo, Christophe Notard
  • BIMODAL DIAGNOSTIC PROBE USING OPTICAL AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE REMOVABLE SHELL HAVING ON-BOARD OPTICAL MEANS
    Publication number: 20140187958
    Abstract: A device for a bimodal diagnostic probe with optical and ultrasonic imaging, the probe including a main body supporting an ultrasonic transducer at its front end. The device includes a shell, an illumination mechanism mounted on a front end of the shell to light outside of the shell, and a collection or detection mechanism mounted on the front end of the shell to collect or detect an optical signal produced outside the shell. The shell includes an attachment mechanism to reversibly assemble it around the main body of the probe, with the illumination mechanism and the collection or detection mechanism mounted on the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: SA VERMON, COMMISSARIAT A I'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Jérôme Boutet, An Nguyen-Dinh, Mathieu Debourdeau, Odile Messineo, Christophe Notard