Patents by Inventor Aurelien BERNARD

Aurelien BERNARD 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: 20240225898
    Abstract: A coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue to be treated, remarkable in that the coupling interface comprises: a ring (3) including: a double-walled partition (31), a window (33) transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being sealingly mounted on the distal end of the ring so as to close the distal end of the ring, a gel block (4) intended to be positioned in a working housing of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurélien BERNARD
  • Patent number: 12008756
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining a minimum value of L.A.S.E.R. energy necessary to form, by using a LASER source, a gas bubble in an ocular tissue, the method comprising: acquisition (200) of a reference image, emission (210) at a sampling point, of a L.A.S.E.R. beam, acquisition (220) of one (or more) current image(s) of the ocular tissue, detection (230) of one (or more) gas bubble(s) by comparing the current image(s) and the reference image, determination (240, 250) of the minimum value based on the detected gas bubble(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KERANOVA
    Inventors: Aurelien Bernard, Emmanuel Baubeau
  • Patent number: 11717445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE
    Inventors: Fabrizio Romano, Aurelien Bernard, Cyril Mauclair, Emmanuel Baubeau
  • Publication number: 20230134190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurelien BERNARD, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Emmanuel BAUBEAU
  • Patent number: 11452637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: KERANOVA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE
    Inventors: Fabrizio Romano, Aurelien Bernard, Cyril Mauclair, Emmanuel Baubeau
  • Publication number: 20220257418
    Abstract: A device for cutting human or animal tissue including a femtosecond laser that can emit a L.A.S.E.R. beam in the form of impulses. The device directs and focuses the beam onto or into the tissue for the cutting thereof. The device further includes and element to shape the L.A.S.E.R. beam, positioned in the trajectory of the beam, and to modulate the energy distribution of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in the focal plane thereof, corresponding to the cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Aurelien BERNARD, Philippe GAIN, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Gilles THURET
  • Patent number: 11376160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue (2) to be treated, characterized in that the coupling interface comprises —a ring (3) including: ?a side wall (31), ?a proximal end (311) intended to come into contact with the tissue (2) to be treated, and ?a distal end (312) intended to receive the end of the laser source; —a window (32) transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being mounted in a sealed manner on the distal end (312) of the ring (3) in such a way as to close the distal end (312) of the ring (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KERANOVA
    Inventors: Fabrizio Romano, Aurelien Bernard
  • Patent number: 11351062
    Abstract: A device for cutting human or animal tissue including a femtosecond laser that can emit a L.A.S.E.R. beam in the form of impulses. The device directs and focuses the beam onto or into the tissue for the cutting thereof. The device further includes and element to shape the L.A.S.E.R. beam, positioned in the trajectory of the beam, and to modulate the energy distribution of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in the focal plane thereof, corresponding to the cutting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Aurelien Bernard, Philippe Gain, Cyril Mauclair, Gilles Thuret
  • Publication number: 20220104970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurelien BERNARD, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Emmanuel BAUBEAU
  • Publication number: 20220101528
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining a minimum value of L.A.S.E.R. energy necessary to form, by using a LASER source, a gas bubble in an ocular tissue, the method comprising: acquisition (200) of a reference image, emission (210) at a sampling point, of a L.A.S.E.R. beam, acquisition (220) of one (or more) current image(s) of the ocular tissue, detection (230) of one (or more) gas bubble(s) by comparing the current image(s) and the reference image, determination (240, 250) of the minimum value based on the detected gas bubble(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Aurelien BERNARD, Emmanuel BAUBEAU
  • Patent number: 11234864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: KERANOVA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET SAINT ETIENNE
    Inventors: Fabrizio Romano, Aurelien Bernard, Cyril Mauclair, Emmanuel Baubeau
  • Publication number: 20200229972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling interface between a laser source and a tissue (2) to be treated, characterized in that the coupling interface comprises—a ring (3) including: a side wall (31), a proximal end (311) intended to come into contact with the tissue (2) to be treated, and a distal end (312) intended to receive the end of the laser source; a window (32) transparent to a laser beam generated by the laser source, said window being mounted in a sealed manner on the distal end (312) of the ring (3) in such a way as to close the distal end (312) of the ring (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurelien BERNARD
  • Publication number: 20200030145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting-out including a device for treating a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), and positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, the treatment device comprising: a shaping system (3) positioned on the trajectory of said beam, for modulating the phase of the wave front of the L.A.S.E.R. beam according to a modulation set value calculated for distributing the energy of the L.A.S.E.R. beam in at least two impact points forming a pattern in its focal plane, an optical focusing system (5) downstream from the shaping system, the optical focusing system comprising a concentrator module for focusing the phase-modulated L.A.S.E.R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurelien BERNARD, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Emmanuel BAUBEAU
  • Publication number: 20190159933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrizio ROMANO, Aurelien BERNARD, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Emmanuel BAUBEAU
  • Publication number: 20170304118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for cutting human or animal tissue, such as a cornea (3), or a crystalline lens, said device comprising a femtosecond laser (2) that can emit a L.A.S.E.R. beam (4) in the form of impulses, and means for directing and focusing said beam onto or into the tissue for the cutting thereof as such. According to the invention, the device comprises means (9) for shaping the L.A.S.E.R. beam (4), which are positioned in the trajectory of said beam, and can modulate the energy distribution of the L.A.S.E.R. beam (4) in the focal plane thereof, corresponding to the cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Aurelien BERNARD, Philippe GAIN, Cyril MAUCLAIR, Gilles THURET