Patents by Inventor Chrétien Moonen

Chrétien Moonen 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: 8905036
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly for heat treatment of a region of a biological tissue (410) comprising energy-generating means (100) to supply energy to the region; means (200) for measuring and recording spatial temperature distribution in said region; a control unit (300) comprising means for point-to-point digital processing of the temperature distribution in the region. The invention is characterised in that the energy-generating means comprise means(110) for spatial and temporal distribution of the power available to them on said region, the control unit (300) comprising means (330, 350), based on the temperature distribution, for controlling the amount and distribution of energy supplied by the generating means (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Chrétien Moonen, Bruno Quesson, Frédéric Vimeux
  • Publication number: 20100268064
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly for heat treatment of a region of a biological tissue (410) comprising energy-generating means (100) to supply energy to the region; means (200) for measuring and recording spatial temperature distribution in said region; a control unit (300) comprising means for point-to-point digital processing of the temperature distribution in the region. The invention is characterised in that the energy-generating means comprise means(110) for spatial and temporal distribution of the power available to them on said region, the control unit (300) comprising means (330, 350), based on the temperature distribution, for controlling the amount and distribution of energy supplied by the generating means (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Chrétien Moonen, Bruno Quesson, Jean Jacques Vimeux
  • Publication number: 20090326420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the heat treatment of a target region of a biological tissue, comprising: energy generator means for delivering energy to a focal point (P) in the target region; means for measuring the spatial temperature distribution in said region; a control unit comprising means for controlling the displacement of the focal point (P) towards successive treatment points and means for controlling the energy to be delivered by the generator means to the successive treatment points, characterized in that the control unit further includes means for determining a spatial and energy distribution of the treatment points where treatment is to be carried out, each successive treatment point having a position and a treatment energy that are determined according to the positions and spatial and energy distributions of the previous treatment points. The invention also relates to the associated heat treatment method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Chrétien Moonen, Charles Mougenot
  • Publication number: 20090131782
    Abstract: This invention concerns a device for heat treating a moving target area of biological tissues, comprising calculation means (6) for estimating the position of a target area using a measurement signal of the target area, characterized in that it comprises control means (7) for positioning a treatment focal point (P) in the target area based on the estimated position and a positioning time lag between a measurement of the measurement signal of the target area and the positioning of the treatment focal point (P), so as to compensate the movement of the target area during the positioning time lag. The invention also concerns a related heat treating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Chretien Moonen, Charles Mougenot, Baudouin Dennis De Senneville
  • Publication number: 20040176680
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly for heat treatment of a region of a biological tissue (410) comprising energy-generating means (100) to supply energy to the region; means (200) for measuring and recording spatial temperature distribution in said region; a control unit (300) comprising means for point-to-point digital processing of the temperature distribution in the region. The invention is characterised in that the energy-generating means comprise means(110) for spatial and temporal distribution of the power available to them on said region, the control unit (300) comprising means (330, 350), based on the temperature distribution, for controlling the amount and distribution of energy supplied by the generating means (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Chretien Moonen, Bruno Quesson, Jean Jacques Vimeux