Patents by Inventor Bruno Fournier
Bruno Fournier 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).
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Publication number: 20240058081Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter robot including: a base, at least two catheter translation modules supported by the base, each catheter translation module including: only one set of movable parts so as to translate longitudinally at a time only one flexible elongated medical element, a group of several crossing tracks within which several corresponding flexible elongated medical elements can translate through the catheter translation module, a switch to direct the single set of movable parts in any of the crossing tracks so as to then translate longitudinally the corresponding flexible elongated medical element, the first and second catheter translation modules being longitudinally spaced apart from each other so that: respective groups of crossing tracks of both catheter translation modules are facing each other so that a given flexible elongated medical element which translates within a crossing track of one group also translates within a crossing track of the other group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Bruno FOURNIER, Marc BOULANGÉ, Alexis BELOUIN
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Publication number: 20240050170Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter robot including: a base supporting at least three catheter translation modules, each module including a pair of movable pads: the pads of a pair at least partly facing each other, the pair clamping therebetween a flexible elongated medical element to then translate longitudinally the such element, the catheter translation modules being successively longitudinally disposed so that: first module has its pairs of pads performing a longitudinal translation of a first flexible elongated medical element which is a catheter guide, second catheter translation module: can translate longitudinally with respect to the first module, its pairs of pads performing a longitudinal translation of a second flexible elongated medical element, third catheter translation module: can translate longitudinally with respect to the first catheter translation module, its pair of pads performing a longitudinal translation of the second flexible elongated medical element or a third flexible elongated medical elemenType: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Bruno FOURNIER
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Publication number: 20220387132Abstract: An articulated arm for support of an extended flexible medical instrument includes: a segment rotationally mobile around an axis of rotation, where the mobile segment can either be rotationally locked or unlocked, a handgrip including: a distal holding part to be hand held, a proximal support part connecting the distal holding part to the remainder of the structure, and an actuator on the distal holding part locking and unlocking mobility of the segment in rotation around the axis. The locking and unlocking actuator extends over the main part of the length of the distal holding part such that: pressure of the user's hand griping the distal holding part directly creates contact with the actuator, sufficient for automatically unlocking mobility of the segment in rotation and release of the distal holding part terminates contact with the locking and unlocking actuator, sufficient for automatically locking mobility of the segment in rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Bruno FOURNIER, Philippe BENCTEUX
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Patent number: 11337764Abstract: The invention concerns a cassette comprising a sterile barrier. The sterile barrier comprises attachment brackets each attached to a drive member for driving an elongate flexible medical device, and flexible portions between two adjacent attachment brackets. The flexible portions are connected to the attachment brackets. The drive surfaces of the attachment brackets come into contact with the elongate flexible medical device.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: ROBOCATHInventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Patent number: 11298198Abstract: A robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member includes: movable drive members alternately positioned in a drive configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently close together to be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, and in a free configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently far apart so as to no longer be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, a control member controlling movement of the movable drive members into the drive configuration in which the elongate flexible medical member is driven, and a reverse movement into the free configuration, a stress sensor measuring stress on at least one of the drive members, and a user interface linked to the stress sensor so as to receive the measured stress from the stress sensor and suitable for providing a signal representative of the measured stress to the user of the robotic module.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: ROBOCATHInventors: Bruno Fournier, Julien Maurel, Sébastien Deboeuf, Phillippe Bencteux
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Publication number: 20220061933Abstract: The robotized module for actuating an elongated flexible medical device comprises a pair of actuation members that are either in an actuation configuration or in a free configuration. The pair of actuation members is movable between a first position and a second position. A control member acts in repeated cyclical manner to cause the actuation member, when in the actuation configuration, to move from the first position to the second position, and when in the free configuration, to move from the second position to the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: ROBOCATHInventors: S¿bastien Deboeuf, Bruno Fournier, Jacques Marignier, Ines Ouali, Philippe Bencteux, Fabien Destrebecq
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Publication number: 20210330411Abstract: The protective envelope for a robotic module for driving a flexible elongate medical element, intended to form a barrier between the robotic driving module and the flexible elongate medical element, includes: —a mechanism for attachment to the robotic module, and —a guide track for the flexible elongate medical element including a longitudinal axis and a main portion having a free surface of concave shape, the main portion including a longitudinal groove for receiving the flexible elongate medical element, extending along the longitudinal axis and hollowed out in the free surface having a concave shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Fabien DESTREBECQ, Bruno FOURNIER, Philippe BENCTEUX
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Publication number: 20200297434Abstract: A robot for insertion of an elongate flexible medical instrument into a patient includes drive modules for driving the elongate flexible medical instrument in this patient. A drive module for an elongate flexible medical instrument transmits to the instrument a movement of translation and/or a movement of rotation which may be subject to a slack effect. The main aim of the invention is to reduce this slack effect by acting at several locations along the transmission chain between the distal end of the elongate flexible medical instrument, the last section to undergo the rotational movement originally imparted by the user at a human-machine control interface of the drive module. The advancement of the elongate flexible medical instrument is thus rendered more effective for the process of this advancement, safer for the patient, and more ergonomic for the practitioner who is the user of the elongate flexible medical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Philippe BENCTEUX, Sébastien DEBOEUF, Fabien DESTREBECQ, Julien MAUREL, Marc BOULANGE, Bruno FOURNIER
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Patent number: 10695533Abstract: Disclosed is a robotic method for driving a catheter and a catheter guide, controlling a group of driving members and including: —a first operating mode in which the group of driving members moves the guide forward in translation; a second operating mode in which the group of driving members turns the guide about itself, the method also including a third operating mode in which the group of driving members simultaneously moves the guide forward in translation and turns the guide about itself, alternating between one direction and another.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ROBOCATHInventors: Sebastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Patent number: 10653490Abstract: Disclosed is a movement transmission chain including: a base of a driving member for driving a movable element; and three actuators controlling the base of the driving member in three movement directions orthogonal to one another, by element of three interfaces with the base of the driving member, the mid-surfaces of the three interfaces intersecting in a central region of the base of the driving member.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: ROBOCATHInventors: Sebastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Patent number: 10449007Abstract: The robot for arteriography comprises a fixed base and a movable receptacle. The receptacle comprises a recipient receiving an elongate flexible member. A drive system drives the receptacle relative to the base. The receptacle comprises a drive module rigidly connected to the elongate flexible member in translation in operational configuration of the robot. The drive module is actuated in order to generate a rotational movement of the elongate flexible member.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ROBOCATHInventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier, Julien Maurel, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Publication number: 20180353250Abstract: A robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member includes: movable drive members alternately positioned in a drive configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently close together to be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, and in a free configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently far apart so as to no longer be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, a control member controlling movement of the movable drive members into the drive configuration in which the elongate flexible medical member is driven, and a reverse movement into the free configuration, a stress sensor measuring stress on at least one of the drive members, and a user interface linked to the stress sensor so as to receive the measured stress from the stress sensor and suitable for providing a signal representative of the measured stress to the user of the robotic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Bruno FOURNIER, Julien MAUREL, Sébastien DEBOEUF, Phillippe BENCTEUX
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Publication number: 20180185616Abstract: Disclosed is a robotic method for driving a catheter and a catheter guide, controlling a group of driving members and including: —a first operating mode in which the group of driving members moves the guide forward in translation; a second operating mode in which the group of driving members turns the guide about itself, the method also including a third operating mode in which the group of driving members simultaneously moves the guide forward in translation and turns the guide about itself, alternating between one direction and another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Sebastien DEBOEUF, Fabien DESTREBECQ, Bruno FOURNIER, Philippe BENCTEUX
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Publication number: 20180185108Abstract: Disclosed is a movement transmission chain including: a base of a driving member for driving a movable element; and three actuators controlling the base of the driving member in three movement directions orthogonal to one another, by element of three interfaces with the base of the driving member, the mid-surfaces of the three interfaces intersecting in a central region of the base of the driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Sebastien DEBOEUF, Fabien DESTREBECQ, Bruno FOURNIER, Philippe BENCTEUX
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Publication number: 20170156802Abstract: The robot for arteriography comprises a fixed base and a movable receptacle. The receptacle comprises a recipient receiving an elongate flexible member. A drive system drives the receptacle relative to the base. The receptacle comprises a drive module rigidly connected to the elongate flexible member in translation in operational configuration of the robot. The drive module is actuated in order to generate a rotational movement of the elongate flexible member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: ROBOCATHInventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Jacques Marignier, Julien Maurel, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Publication number: 20170151024Abstract: The invention concerns a cassette comprising a sterile barrier. The sterile barrier comprises attachment brackets each attached to a drive member for driving an elongate flexible medical device, and flexible portions between two adjacent attachment brackets. The flexible portions are connected to the attachment brackets. The drive surfaces of the attachment brackets come into contact with the elongate flexible medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: ROBOCATHInventors: Sébastien Deboeuf, Fabien Destrebecq, Bruno Fournier, Philippe Bencteux
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Patent number: 9589689Abstract: Installation comprising at least one glove box (2) provided with a box ring (8) comprising an RFID chip (28), a glove change device (22) provided with an RFID reader (34) and an electronic board (36), a used glove (10, comprising an RFID chip (32) in the box ring (8) and a new glove (110) comprising an RFID chip (132) in the glove change device (22) for the purposes of replacing the used glove (10), a computer (46) intended to gather and process the information read by the RFID reader (34) and stored temporarily in the electronic board (36).Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: GETINGE LA CALHENEInventor: Bruno Fournier
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Publication number: 20150243392Abstract: Installation comprising at least one glove box (2) provided with a box ring (8) comprising an RFID chip (28), a glove change device (22) provided with an RFID reader (34) and an electronic board (36), a used glove (10, comprising an RFID chip (32) in the box ring (8) and a new glove (110) comprising an RFID chip (132) in the glove change device (22) for the purposes of replacing the used glove (10), a computer (46) intended to gather and process the information read by the RFID reader (34) and stored temporarily in the electronic board (36).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Bruno Fournier
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Publication number: 20150059144Abstract: Device (12) for mounting a glove (106) in a cell flange (4) of a containment cell including a sleeve (14) configured to be attached to the cell; a piston (16) sliding in the sleeve (14); a first seal (18) between the piston (16) and the sleeve (14) so as to ensure tight sliding of the piston (16) in the sleeve (16) and seal the internal passage of the sleeve (14) tightly; control means configured to sliding the piston inside the sleeve; a second seal (20) between the sleeve (14) and the cell wall; the sleeve (14); the piston (16), the first (18) and second seals (20), the cell and the glove (6, 106) forming a detection volume (V); and a sensor (22) of the pressure (22) of the detection volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Bruno Fournier, Bernard Chavrot