Patents by Inventor Franck Amyot

Franck Amyot 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 for detecting hematoma, portable detection and discrimination device and related systems and apparatuses
    Patent number: 11800983
    Abstract: Featured are methods, apparatus and devices for detecting a hematoma in tissue of a patient. In one aspect, such a method includes emitting near infrared light continuously into the tissue from a non-stationary near infrared light emitter and continuously monitoring the tissue using a non-stationary probe so as to continuously detect reflected light. The near infrared light is emitted at two distances from a brain of the patient, so the emitted light penetrates to two different depths. Such a method also includes applying a ratiometric analysis to the reflected light to distinguish a border between normal tissue and tissue exhibiting blood accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Riley, Franck Amyot, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, James G. Smirniotopoulos, Eric Wassermann
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING HEMATOMA, PORTABLE DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES
    Publication number: 20180008154
    Abstract: Featured are methods, apparatus and devices for detecting a hematoma in tissue of a patient. In one aspect, such a method includes emitting near infrared light continuously into the tissue from a non-stationary near infrared light emitter and continuously monitoring the tissue using a non-stationary probe so as to continuously detect reflected light. The near infrared light is emitted at two distances from a brain of the patient, so the emitted light penetrates to two different depths. Such a method also includes applying a ratiometric analysis to the reflected light to distinguish a border between normal tissue and tissue exhibiting blood accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jason D. Riley, Franck Amyot, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, James G. Smirniotopoulos, Eric Wasserman
  • Method for detecting hematoma, portable detection and discrimination device and related systems and apparatuses
    Patent number: 9861287
    Abstract: Featured are methods, apparatus and devices for detecting a hematoma in tissue of a patient. In one aspect, such a method includes emitting near infrared light continuously into the tissue from a non-stationary near infrared light emitter and continuously monitoring the tissue using a non-stationary probe so as to continuously detect reflected light. The near infrared light is emitted at two distances from a brain of the patient, so the emitted light penetrates to two different depths. Such a method also includes applying a ratiometric analysis to the reflected light to distinguish a border between normal tissue and tissue exhibiting blood accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Jason D. Riley, Franck Amyot, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, James G. Smirniotopoulos, Eric Wassermann
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING HEMATOMA, PORTABLE DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES
    Publication number: 20130150726
    Abstract: Featured are methods, apparatus and devices for detecting a hematoma in tissue of a patient. In one aspect, such a method includes emitting near infrared light continuously into the tissue from a non-stationary near infrared light emitter and continuously monitoring the tissue using a non-stationary probe so as to continuously detect reflected light. The near infrared light is emitted at two distances from a brain of the patient, so the emitted light penetrates to two different depths. Such a method also includes applying a ratiometric analysis to the reflected light to distinguish a border between normal tissue and tissue exhibiting blood accumulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Office of Tichnology Transfer
    Inventors: Jason D. Riley, Franck Amyot, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, James G. Smirniotopoulos, Eric Wassermann