Patents by Inventor André Dittmar

André Dittmar 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).

  • Functional and anatomical delivery simulator
    Patent number: 7651332
    Abstract: A delivery simulator may include a fetal system comprising at least a fetal head. The fetal system may be configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a fetus, a maternal system configured to simulate the behavior of at least one part of a mother's body interacting with the fetus, and a device for establishing the position of at least one point of the fetal head. The device may include at least one marker element positioned on the fetal head, and at least one fixed element linked to said marker element and placed at a distance from the fetal head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, Les Hospices Civils de Lyon
    Inventors: Olivier Dupuis, Maurice Betemps, Georges Delhomme, André Dittmar, Hervé Tanneguy Redarce, Ruimark Creazzola Silveira
  • Sensor, device and method for measuring the pressure of an interface between two bodies
    Patent number: 7426872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor (10) for sensing the interface pressure between two bodies, the sensor having at least two intercommunicating detection zones (11), each detection zone being formed inside an inflatable envelope (12) for interposing between said bodies and having two opposite regions whose spacing apart depends on the interface pressure between said bodies, each detection zone including a detector (15a, 15b) arranged to deliver information associated with the spacing between the opposite regions (12a, 12b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon
    Inventors: André Dittmar, Georges Delhomme, Claudine Gehin