Patents by Inventor Alain Luciani
Alain Luciani 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).
-
Patent number: 10966671Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to correct the measurement of water equivalent diameter in Computed Tomography (CT) imaging when patients are miscentered are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a patient size characteristic calculator to calculate a set of patient size characteristics for a set of axial slices along a height of the patient. The apparatus further includes a patient size characteristic corrector module to calculate a set of correction factors for the set of patient size characteristics and apply the set of correction factors to the set of patient size characteristics. The apparatus further includes a computation manager to utilize a set of corrected patient size characteristics for the set of axial slices along the height of the patient to perform a CT scan on the patient by modulating an X-ray current to control a radiation dose applied to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Hugo Pasquier, Sylvie Jacquot-Ingles, Dominic Crotty, Alain Luciani, François Gardavaud
-
Patent number: 10448799Abstract: The present invention relates to a sponge (20) including at least one cavity (22), distinct from the pores of the sponge 5 (20), capable of allowing the introduction of a liquid inside the sponge (20) to impregnate the sponge (20), the cavity (22) preferably having a bottom (24) inside the sponge (20), and emerging on the other hand on a surface (26) of the sponge (20) while forming an opening (28) such that the maximum distance between two points of the contour of the opening (28) is comprised between 3, preferably 5, still more preferably 8, and 25, preferably 20, still more preferably 15 mm or still more preferably 12 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: EURVESTInventors: Pierre Klimis, Alain Luciani, Calude Mancel, Dominique Thiebaud
-
Publication number: 20180360399Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to correct the measurement of water equivalent diameter in Computed Tomography (CT) imaging when patients are miscentered are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a patient size characteristic calculator to calculate a set of patient size characteristics for a set of axial slices along a height of the patient. The apparatus further includes a patient size characteristic corrector module to calculate a set of correction factors for the set of patient size characteristics and apply the set of correction factors to the set of patient size characteristics. The apparatus further includes a computation manager to utilize a set of corrected patient size characteristics for the set of axial slices along the height of the patient to perform a CT scan on the patient by modulating an X-ray current to control a radiation dose applied to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Hugo Pasquier, Sylvie Jacquot-Ingles, Dominic Crotty, Alain Luciani, François Gardavaud
-
Publication number: 20170014541Abstract: The present invention is directed to an autonomously powered vapor dispensing device comprising an intermediate basin which allows the volatile liquid contained therein to impregnate a dispensing material by capillarity and dispense into the atmosphere; and a heating element which heats the intermediate basin comprising the volatile liquid to force evaporation cyclically of the volatile liquid directly from the intermediate basin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: EURVESTInventors: Alain LUCIANI, Magdalena WOS, ESTELLE BERTIGNON, ALEKSANDRA DMITRUK, MONIKA SLAWEK
-
Publication number: 20160348348Abstract: The present invention is directed to a non-soluble and non-removable applicator for applying self-adhesive composition onto the wall of sanitary elements, preferably a toilet basin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: EURVEST SAInventors: Agnieszka SIKORSKA, Alain LUCIANI, Jean KLIMIS, Estelle BERTIGNON
-
Publication number: 20160340623Abstract: The instant invention is concerned with a self-adhesive product for sanitary comprising a self-adhesive detergent unit composition shaped with a fingers grip portion, said portion being optionally covered on its external surface by a water-soluble material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: EURVEST SAInventors: Agnieszka SIKORSKA, Alain LUCIANI, Jean KLIMIS, Estelle BERTIGNON
-
Publication number: 20150275139Abstract: The invention is directed to a self-adhesive sanitary composition for cleaning and/or disinfecting and/or deodorizing comprising an adhesion promoter comprising a mono, di, or oligosaccharide, preferably a monosaccharide or disaccharide and a surfactant, both in a high amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: EURVEST SAInventors: Agnieszka Sikorska, Alain Luciani, Gabriela Saj
-
Publication number: 20150175944Abstract: The present invention is directed to a soluble applicator for applying self-adhesive composition onto the wall of sanitary elements, preferably a toilet basin. The invention is directed to a soluble applicator which may comprise at least one materials selected among monosaccharide or disaccharide based components, sugar alcohols, polyamide resin mixtures, soluble polymers or soluble gelling agents or mixtures thereof, to a sanitary product comprising such applicator and to a process for its manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: EURVEST SAInventors: Agnieszka Sikorska, Alain Luciani, Jean Klimis, Estelle Bertignon
-
Publication number: 20150096595Abstract: The present invention relates to a sponge (20) including at least one cavity (22), distinct from the pores of the sponge 5 (20), capable of allowing the introduction of a liquid inside the sponge (20) to impregnate the sponge (20), the cavity (22) preferably having a bottom (24) inside the sponge (20), and emerging on the other hand on a surface (26) of the sponge (20) while forming an opening (28) such that the maximum distance between two points of the contour of the opening (28) is comprised between 3, preferably 5, still more preferably 8, and 25, preferably 20, still more preferably 15 mm or still more preferably 12 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: EURVESTInventors: Pierre Klimis, Alain Luciani, Calude Mancel, Dominique Thiebaud
-
Patent number: 6790408Abstract: A method and device are provided for preventing the habituation of a fragrance composition. The method and device are adapted to provide to a space, which it is desired to fragrance, a continuous supply of a first fragrance composition and a periodic supply of a second fragrance composition. The fragrance composition(s) may be vaporized by heating and may include deodorant and/or insecticidal compounds.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Paul Howard Whitby, Keith Collingwood, Alain Luciani
-
Publication number: 20020159916Abstract: A method and device are provided for preventing the habituation of a fragrance composition. The method and device are adapted to provide to a space, which it is desired to fragrance, a continuous supply of a first fragrance composition and a periodic supply of a second fragrance composition. The fragrance composition(s) may be vaporized by heating and may include deodorant and/or insecticidal compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Paul Howard Whitby, Keith Collingwood, Alain Luciani
-
Patent number: 6268325Abstract: A cleaning composition comprises: A) 1% to 10% w/w of a colloid-forming material, B) 0.5% to 10% w/w of a polymeric thickener, C) 1% to 60% w/w of abrasive particles, and D) a bleaching agent. Preferably, the colloid-forming material is a clay and the polymeric thickener is a copolymer of acrylic acid. Such a composition can stably suspend the abrasive particles and has the desired rheological properties for a cleaning composition for use on hard surfaces such as ceramic bathroom fittings and toilets.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1996Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Reckitt & Colman SAInventors: Alain Luciani, Bernard Antelme, Sylvie Fauvet, Vincent Manget, Jean-Francois Lhoste