Patents by Inventor Arnaud Capri

Arnaud Capri 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).

  • Publication number: 20250221683
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for scanning material using a dental ultrasonic imaging probe comprising an ultrasonic device configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in different directions, the method comprising: receiving an item of information relating to a direction for emitting an ultrasound signal; selecting one of the received corresponding echoed ultrasound signals or the ultrasound signals to be emitted as a function of the received item of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Arnaud CAPRI, David ROUDERGUES, Jean-Marc INGLESE, Herve JOSSO
  • Patent number: 12274574
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intraoral X-ray system comprising: an X-ray source located in an environment; a robotic arm comprising an actuatable scissor arm, the robotic arm having a first end configured to be attached to a mounting and a second end attached to the X-ray source, at least one of the first and the second ends comprising a rotatable actuatable joint; a position sensor to determine variation of position and/or orientation of the environment with respect to the X-ray source and variation of position and/or orientation of a mobile X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source; and a driving unit actuating the robotic arm as a function of the determined variation of position and/or orientation to control the position and/or orientation of the X-ray source with respect to a predetermined position and/or orientation of the X-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, David Roudergues, Arnaud Capri, Vincent Loustauneau, Subramanyan Krishnamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20250090137
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of an ultrasonic periodontal probe, the ultrasonic periodontal probe comprising a grip portion having a longitudinal axis, a support member comprising a part having a longitudinal axis different from the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, and an ultrasonic device fastened to the grip portion via the support member, wherein the ultrasonic device is configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in opposite directions with regard to a plane comprising the longitudinal axis of the grip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Arnaud CAPRI, David ROUDERGUES, Jean-Marc INGLESE, Herve JOSSO, Edward SHELLARD, Stephanie CHEVALLIOT, Jean-Marc GREGOIRE, Frederic OSSANT, Aline BANQUART
  • Publication number: 20250000485
    Abstract: A hydrogel couplant system for use in ultrasonic imaging includes a sleeve body comprising a hydrogel couplant material; wherein the sleeve body is configured to encapsulate an ultrasonic probe and overcome an impedance mismatch between air and an object being imaged. In one embodiment, the hydrogel couplant material is integrally formed within the body of the sleeve body. In another embodiment, the hydrogel couplant material is adhered to either substantially all of, or a portion of, the outer surface of the sleeve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Seshadri JAGANNATHAN, Lawrence FOLTS, Arnaud CAPRI, Stephanie CHEVALLIOT
  • Patent number: 12082971
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for scanning material using a dental ultrasonic imaging probe comprising an ultrasonic device configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in different directions, the method comprising: receiving an item of information relating to a direction for emitting an ultrasound signal; selecting one of the received corresponding echoed ultrasound signals or the ultrasound signals to be emitted as a function of the received item of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Arnaud Capri, David Roudergues, Jean-Marc Inglese, Herve Josso
  • Patent number: 12070353
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of an ultrasonic periodontal probe, the ultrasonic periodontal probe comprising a grip portion having a longitudinal axis, a support member comprising a part having a longitudinal axis different from the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, and an ultrasonic device fastened to the grip portion via the support member, wherein the ultrasonic device is configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in opposite directions with regard to a plane comprising the longitudinal axis of the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventors: Arnaud Capri, David Roudergues, Jean-Marc Inglese, Herve Josso, Edward Shellard, Stephanie Chevalliot, Jean-Marc Gregoire, Frederic Ossant, Aline Banquart
  • Publication number: 20230337993
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intraoral X-ray system comprising: an X-ray source located in an environment; a robotic arm comprising an actuatable scissor arm, the robotic arm having a first end configured to be attached to a mounting and a second end attached to the X-ray source, at least one of the first and the second ends comprising a rotatable actuatable joint; a position sensor to determine variation of position and/or orientation of the environment with respect to the X-ray source and variation of position and/or orientation of a mobile X-ray sensor with respect to the X-ray source; and a driving unit actuating the robotic arm as a function of the determined variation of position and/or orientation to control the position and/or orientation of the X-ray source with respect to a predetermined position and/or orientation of the X-ray source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Marc INGLESE, David ROUDERGUES, Arnaud CAPRI, Vincent LOUSTAUNEAU, Subramanyan KRISHNAMOORTHY
  • Publication number: 20230049019
    Abstract: An intraoral x-ray system mountable to a dentist’s office wall including components movable to compensate for defects in the wall’s flatness or the wall not being sufficiently perpendicular to the floor. The system also includes monitoring and compensation capabilities to compensate for drift in the position of the system’s x-ray source or patient movement before and during x-ray imaging, thereby avoiding the need for the taking of additional x-ray images and exposing the patient unnecessarily to extra x-ray dose. Additionally, the system further includes a data/signal processing unit that allows the x-ray source to be precisely moved along a predetermined trajectory and allows the system to perform computed tomosynthesis examinations of a patient. In addition, the x-ray source is attachable/detachable from the system’s robotic arm, with the system compensating automatically for the change in weight at the robotic arm’s end due to removal of the x-ray source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Marc INGLESE, David ROUDERGUES, Arnaud CAPRI, Subramanyan KRISHNAMOORTHY, Vincent LOUSTAUNEAU
  • Publication number: 20220110605
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for a method of detecting an abnormality along a portion of a dental arch using scanning material comprising an ultrasonic periodontal probe configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least one emitting cone and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the method comprising moving the probe along a portion of the dental arch, while moving the probe along the portion of the dental arch: emitting an ultrasound signal within the emitting cone; measuring echoed ultrasound signals; detecting at least one anatomical structure to be investigated; measuring at least one predetermined feature of the at least one detected anatomical structure to obtain a value of the measurement of the at least one predetermined feature characterizing the detected anatomical structure; detecting an abnormality as a function of a threshold and the value of the measurement of the predetermined feature of the at least one detected anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Arnaud CAPRI, David ROUDERGUES, Jean-Marc INGLESE, Edward SHELLARD, Herve JOSSO
  • Publication number: 20220110606
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a method for scanning material using a dental ultrasonic imaging probe comprising an ultrasonic device configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in different directions, the method comprising: receiving an item of information relating to a direction for emitting an ultrasound signal; selecting one of the received corresponding echoed ultrasound signals or the ultrasound signals to be emitted as a function of the received item of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Arnaud CAPRI, David ROUDERGUES, Jean-Marc INGLESE, Herve JOSSO
  • Publication number: 20220087646
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of an ultrasonic periodontal probe, the ultrasonic periodontal probe comprising a grip portion having a longitudinal axis, a support member comprising a part having a longitudinal axis different from the longitudinal axis of the grip portion, and an ultrasonic device fastened to the grip portion via the support member, wherein the ultrasonic device is configured for emitting ultrasound signals within at least two emitting cones and for receiving corresponding echoed ultrasound signals, the at least two emitting cones extending in opposite directions with regard to a plane comprising the longitudinal axis of the grip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Arnaud CAPRI, David ROUDERGUES, Jean-Marc INGLESE, Herve JOSSO, Edward SHELLARD, Stephanie CHEVALLIOT, Jean-Marc GREGOIRE, Frederic OSSANT, Aline BANQUART
  • Patent number: 11006835
    Abstract: An exemplary optical apparatus has an OCT imaging apparatus with a first light source for low coherence light of wavelengths above a threshold wavelength and a signal detector that obtains an interference signal between low coherence light from the sample and low coherence light reflected from a reference. A surface contour imaging apparatus has a second light source that emits one or more wavelengths of surface illumination below the threshold wavelength, a camera to acquire images from illumination reflected from the sample. The exemplary optical apparatus and/or exemplary methods for using the same can provide reduced errors in generating a dental 3D surface mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, Yannick Glinec, Eamonn Boyle, Eric Vermelle, Marianne Belcari, Arnaud Capri, Victor C. Wong
  • Publication number: 20210038324
    Abstract: Method and apparatus embodiments can acquire and update a 3-D surface of a dentition in real time by replacing the corresponding portion of the 3-D surface of the dentition with the contents of newly acquired 3-D image. In certain embodiments, the position of the 3-D scanning device relative to the 3-D surface of the dentition can be determined in real time by comparing the size and the shape of the overlap to the cross-section of the field-of-view of the 3-D scanning device, where the size and the shape of the overlap of the newly acquired 3-D image is used to determine the distance and the angles from which the 3-D image was acquired relative to the 3-D surface of the dentition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, Eamonn Boyle, Arnaud Capri, Yannick Glinec
  • Publication number: 20200129069
    Abstract: An exemplary optical apparatus has an OCT imaging apparatus with a first light source for low coherence light of wavelengths above a threshold wavelength and a signal detector that obtains an interference signal between low coherence light from the sample and low coherence light reflected from a reference. A surface contour imaging apparatus has a second light source that emits one or more wavelengths of surface illumination below the threshold wavelength, a camera to acquire images from illumination reflected from the sample. The exemplary optical apparatus and/or exemplary methods for using the same can provide reduced errors in generating a dental 3D surface mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Marc INGLESE, Yannick GLINEC, Eamonn BOYLE, Eric VERMELLE, Marianne BELCARI, Arnaud CAPRI, Victor C. WONG
  • Publication number: 20190046276
    Abstract: Method and apparatus embodiments can acquire and update a 3-D surface of a dentition in real time by replacing the corresponding portion of the 3-D surface of the dentition with the contents of newly acquired 3-D image. In certain embodiments, the position of the 3-D scanning device relative to the 3-D surface of the dentition can be determined in real time by comparing the size and the shape of the overlap to the cross-section of the field-of-view of the 3-D scanning device, where the size and the shape of the overlap of the newly acquired 3-D image is used to determine the distance and the angles from which the 3-D image was acquired relative to the 3-D surface of the dentition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, Eamonn Boyle, Arnaud Capri, Yannickk Glinec