Patents by Inventor Danny French

Danny French 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).

  • Method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of tissue from an endocavity
    Patent number: 8323199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of a tissue region from within an endocavity of a patient. The apparatus generally comprises an ultrasound probe, a vibration assembly translationally coupled to probe and operable to vibrate the probe along a vibration plane, and a rotation assembly rotationally coupled to the vibration assembly and operable to rotate the probe and vibration assembly about a selected rotational range. The method generally comprises inserting an ultrasound probe into an endocavity of a patient, vibrating the probe along a vibration plane thereby causing deformational excitement of a tissue region contacted by the probe, capturing a first series of ultrasound images of the tissue region, rotating the vibration plane relative to the tissue region by a selected angular rotation, and capturing a second series of ultrasound images of the tissue region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Septimiu Edmund Salcudean, Reza Zahiri-Azar, Danny French, Xu Wen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TISSUE FROM AN ENDOCAVITY
    Publication number: 20090143679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of a tissue region from within an endocavity of a patient. The apparatus generally comprises an ultrasound probe, a vibration assembly translationally coupled to probe and operable to vibrate the probe along a vibration plane, and a rotation assembly rotationally coupled to the vibration assembly and operable to rotate the probe and vibration assembly about a selected rotational range. The method generally comprises inserting an ultrasound probe into an endocavity of a patient, vibrating the probe along a vibration plane thereby causing deformational excitement of a tissue region contacted by the probe, capturing a first series of ultrasound images of the tissue region, rotating the vibration plane relative to the tissue region by a selected angular rotation, and capturing a second series of ultrasound images of the tissue region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
    Inventors: Septimiu Edmund Salcudean, Reza Zahiri-Azar, Danny French, Xu Wen