Patents by Inventor Frédéric Vimeux

Frédéric Vimeux 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
  • Patent number: 6823216
    Abstract: A set for heat treatment of a target zone of a biological tissue, having an energy-generator to supply energy locally in the target zone, a mapper for measuring and recording temperature in the target zone, and a control unit to determine, on the basis of temperature measured in the target zone, the amount of energy required to be supplied to the target zone, and to control the energy-generator to deliver the energy. The control unit determines the energy required using point by point digital processing of the spatial distribution of temperature in the target zone and its immediate surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Rares-Vasile Salomir, Jacobus Adrianus de Zwart, Frédéric Vimeux, Christ Moonen