Patents by Inventor Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol 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: 20240110828Abstract: A method for determining the operating state of a light-emitting implant implanted in the brain of a living being, the light-emitting implant including a light source responsible for emitting light into the brain of the living being, the method using a diagnosing device that includes a receiver of a light signal transmitted through a first eye of the living being and a device for determining the operating state of the light-emitting implant based on the received transmitted light signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPESInventors: Pierre BLEUET, Claude CHABROL, Cécile MORO, Stephan CHABARDES, Alim Louis BENABID
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Patent number: 11771918Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation; a light monitor; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor. The control module includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a request for verification or measurement of a light output value; in response to the request, receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source; and, based on the measurement, reporting a response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION, COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES (“CEA”)Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, John Rivera, Claude Chabrol, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat, Michael A. Moffitt
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Patent number: 11648416Abstract: An optically stimulating module to be integrated into a probe is implantable into a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being. The module includes a casing, and a hermetic electronic unit housed in the casing. The hermetic electronic unit includes two luminous diodes connected back-to-back, and at least two electrical contacts for connecting the module to an electrical power source.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Claude Chabrol
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Patent number: 11600962Abstract: A device for cooling locally, including a cooling member, a crystal having the capacity to cool via absorption of a near-infrared exciting light signal, an illuminating system intended to deliver an exciting light signal, the crystal having an elongate shape about a longitudinal axis between a near end and a far end and having a closed constant outside cross section and containing a central channel formed, from its far end, over at least some of its length, the cooling member including a rod embedded via a first end into the central channel of the crystal and including a protruding second end that forms a cooling finger.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternativesInventors: Quentin Mermillod-Ansleme, Nicolas Aubert, Claude Chabrol, Mathieu Dupoy
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Publication number: 20230031730Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation; a light monitor; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor. The control module includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a request for verification or measurement of a light output value; in response to the request, receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source; and, based on the measurement, reporting a response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, John Rivera, Claude Chabrol, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat, Michael A. Moffitt
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Patent number: 11565131Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source; at least one of a calibration table or a calibration formula, generated by a calibration procedure specifically using the light source and the optical lead of the optical stimulation system; and a control unit coupled, or coupleable, to the light source. The control module includes a memory to store the at least one of the calibration table or the calibration formula, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a target light output level, using the at least one of the calibration table or the calibration formula to determine at least one operational parameter for generating the target light output level, and directing the light source, using the at least one operational parameter, to generate light at the target light output level.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (“CEA”)Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, Claude Chabrol, Michael A. Moffitt, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat
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Patent number: 11541248Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable illuminating device intended to be implanted in a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being, said device including a probe, said architecture being characterized in that it is produced from: an optical fiber that comprises a core, a cladding and a protective coating, a jacket, said architecture including: a plurality of successive segments along its longitudinal axis, each segment having a section containing a plurality of concentrically superposed layers, in which each segment includes a section containing a plurality of superposed layers that is different from the section of each adjacent segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Claude Chabrol, Sarah Renault
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Patent number: 11524174Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation; a light monitor; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor. The control module includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a request for verification or measurement of a light output value; in response to the request, receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source; and, based on the measurement, reporting a response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION, COMMISSARIAT Â L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES (“CEA”)Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, John Rivera, Claude Chabrol, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat, Michael A. Moffitt
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Patent number: 11464670Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling an organ locally, that includes an elongate stem including a far end intended to make contact with an organ to be cooled and comprising including a cooling element having a cold finger, a crystal that has a capacity to cool via excitation at a set excitation wavelength, said crystal being positioned adjacent to said cooling element, an optical guide that is able to convey a light signal at said excitation wavelength and that opens onto said crystal, and an illuminating system including at least one light source, which light source is arranged to emit said light signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPESInventors: Nicolas Aubert, Claude Chabrol, Stephan Chabardes, Laurent Duraffourg
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Publication number: 20210401618Abstract: A probe intended to be at least partially implanted in a living being, with a view to locally cooling at least one region of the living being, this probe notably including a cooling member present at its distal end, which member is intended to make contact with the region to be cooled, and a thermoelectric cooling module including a cold region making contact with the cooling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicants: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE GRENOBLE ALPESInventors: Quentin BORNTRAGER, Claude CHABROL, Stephan CHABARDES
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Patent number: 11202922Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: a light source mounted in a housing, the housing comprising a transparent window opposite the light source; an optical fiber fitted with a connector suitable for detachably engaging with the housing to retain an input surface of the optical fiber opposite the light source via the window; and an interface element made of transparent elastomeric material suitable, in the connected position, for being retained so as to be compressed between the window and the input surface of the optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventor: Claude Chabrol
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Publication number: 20210178183Abstract: An optically stimulating module to be integrated into a probe is implantable into a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being. The module includes a casing, and a hermetic electronic unit housed in the casing. The hermetic electronic unit includes two luminous diodes connected back-to-back, and at least two electrical contacts for connecting the module to an electrical power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Claude CHABROL
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Publication number: 20210178175Abstract: An optically stimulating module to be integrated into a probe is implantable into a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being. The module includes a casing that is at least partially transparent, and a hermetic electronic unit placed in the casing. The hermetic electronic unit includes an internal volume housing two light sources, a control and processing unit, and a first photodetector. The module also includes a connecting device for connecting the module to a central control and power unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Claude CHABROL, Patrice CAILLAT
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Patent number: 10946212Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable device for optical stimulation of an organ of the human or animal body, having a probe comprising a tube made of a first transparent material, this tube being hermetically closed by at least one stopper; at least one light source arranged inside the tube; a plurality of electrical connection elements extending through the stopper and electrically connecting said at least one light source to the outside of the tube; and a linking cable arranged outside the tube and connected to said connection elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Claude Chabrol, Alim-Louis Benabid
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Publication number: 20210069522Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable illuminating device intended to be implanted in a living being with a view to locally illuminating a region of said living being, said device including a probe, said architecture being characterized in that it is produced from: an optical fiber that comprises a core, a cladding and a protective coating, a jacket, said architecture including: a plurality of successive segments along its longitudinal axis, each segment having a section containing a plurality of concentrically superposed layers, in which each segment includes a section containing a plurality of superposed layers that is different from the section of each adjacent segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Claude CHABROL, Sarah RENAULT
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Publication number: 20210016111Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source; at least one of a calibration table or a calibration formula, generated by a calibration procedure specifically using the light source and the optical lead of the optical stimulation system; and a control unit coupled, or coupleable, to the light source. The control module includes a memory to store the at least one of the calibration table or the calibration formula, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a target light output level, using the at least one of the calibration table or the calibration formula to determine at least one operational parameter for generating the target light output level, and directing the light source, using the at least one operational parameter, to generate light at the target light output level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, Claude Chabrol, Michael A. Moffitt, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat
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Publication number: 20210008389Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation; a light monitor; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor. The control module includes a memory, and a processor configured for automatically initiating a verification or measurement of a light output value; receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source; and when the measurement deviates from an expected light output value by more than a threshold amount, performing at least one of the following: sending a warning; or taking a corrective action.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Adam Thomas Featherstone, Emanuel Feldman, John Rivera, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Allen Vansickle, Michael A. Moffitt, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat
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Publication number: 20210008388Abstract: An optical stimulation system includes a light source configured to produce light for optical stimulation; a light monitor; an optical lead coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor; and a control module coupled, or coupleable, to the light source and the light monitor. The control module includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured for receiving a request for verification or measurement of a light output value; in response to the request, receiving, from the light monitor, a measurement of light generated by the light source; and, based on the measurement, reporting a response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Dennis Allen Vansickle, Adam Thomas Featherstone, John Rivera, Claude Chabrol, Sarah Renault, Adrien Poizat, Michael A. Moffitt
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Publication number: 20200244033Abstract: A device for cooling locally, including a cooling member, a crystal having the capacity to cool via absorption of a near-infrared exciting light signal, an illuminating system intended to deliver an exciting light signal, the crystal having an elongate shape about a longitudinal axis between a near end and a far end and having a closed constant outside cross section and containing a central channel formed, from its far end, over at least some of its length, the cooling member including a rod embedded via a first end into the central channel of the crystal and including a protruding second end that forms a cooling finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternativesInventors: Quentin MERMILLOD-ANSLEME, Nicolas AUBERT, Claude CHABROL, Mathieu DUPOY
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Patent number: 10718684Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting a leak in a sealed enclosure, comprising an organic light-emitting diode intended to be placed inside the enclosure; and a device for measuring a value representative of at least one of the following parameters: a) the luminous efficacy of the diode; and b) the impedance of the diode.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Claude Chabrol, Jean-Yves Laurent, Julien Routin