Patents by Inventor Francoise Lefebvre

Francoise Lefebvre 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).

  • Peroperative sensing head adapted to be coupled to an ablation tool
    Patent number: 10478158
    Abstract: The invention concerns a preoperative probe (2) for guiding an ablation tool, comprising a sensing head (21), said sensing head including: at least one optic fiber (2121, 2123) for receiving and guiding a signal emitted, by radioactive tracers and/or fluorescent molecules in a tissue zone, to an analyzing equipment (32), fixing means (2112) for mounting the head (21) on the ablation tool (1), such that the ablation tool is capable of extracting a portion of tissue in the tissue zone emitting the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Laurent Menard, Sébastien Bonzom, Yves Charon, Marie-Alix Duval, Françoise Lefebvre, Stéphane Palfi, Laurent Pinot, Rainer Siebert, Stéphanie Pitre
  • Peroperative sensing head adapted to be coupled to an ablation tool
    Patent number: 9775573
    Abstract: A peroperative probe for guiding a manual excision tool. The probe includes a detection head, an optical fiber for the reception and guidance of a signal emitted by radioactive tracers and fluorescent molecules in a tissue area, a photo-detector for converting the emitted signal into an electrical signal, a transmitter for transmitting information carried by the electrical signal to an analysis equipment, and a fastener for attaching the probe onto the manual excision tool, so that the excision tool can be used to remove a portion of tissue from the tissue area emitting the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Laurent Menard, Sebastien Bonzom, Yves Charon, Marie-Alix Duval, Francoise Lefebvre-Bouvet, Stephane Palfi, Laurent Pinot, Rainer Siebert, Stephanie Pitre
  • PEROPERATIVE SENSING HEAD ADAPTED TO BE COUPLED TO AN ABLATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20150182177
    Abstract: A preoperative probe for guiding a manual excision tool. The probe includes a detection head, an optical fibre for the reception and guidance of a signal emitted by radioactive tracers and fluorescent molecules in a tissue area, a photo-detector for converting the emitted signal into an electrical signal, a transmitter for transmitting information carried by the electrical signal to an analysis equipment, and a fastener for attaching the probe onto the manual excision tool, so that the excision tool can be used to remove a portion of tissue from the tissue area emitting the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Laurent Menard, Sebastien Bonzom, Yves Charon, Marie-Alix Duval, Francoise Lefebvre, Stephane Palfi, Laurent Pinot, Rainer Siebert, Stephanie Pitre
  • Peroperative Sensing Head Adapted to be Coupled to an Ablation Tool
    Publication number: 20100063523
    Abstract: The invention concerns a preoperative probe (2) for guiding an ablation tool, comprising a sensing head (21), said sensing head including: at least one optic fiber (2121, 2123) for receiving and guiding a signal emitted, by radioactive tracers and/or fluorescent molecules in a tissue zone, to an analyzing equipment (32), fixing means (2112) for mounting the head (21) on the ablation tool (1), such that the ablation tool is capable of extracting a portion of tissue in the tissue zone emitting the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Laurent Menard, Sébastien Bonzom, Yves Charon, Marie-Alix Duval, Francoise Lefebvre, Stéphane Palfi, Laurent Pinot, Rainer Siebert, Stéphanie Pitre
  • Artificial biological membrane
    Patent number: 5416074
    Abstract: The protein materials of the invention are essentially those obtained through reaction of a concentrated aqueous solution of type I and/or type III collagens and elastin or elastin peptides having a molecular weight above about 10,000, which can be dissolved in water. Preferred ratios of collagen reactants to elastin reactants in the process of the invention are in the range 1:10. The materials of the invention are obtained through solubilization of elastin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
    Inventors: Michel Rabaud, Francoise Lefebvre