Patents by Inventor Hanna El-Balaa

Hanna El-Balaa 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: 7397024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phantom for the quality control of a radiotherapy treatment virtual simulation system which comprises a medical imaging device, characterized in that it comprises: a support casing (1), a core (4) which is arranged in the support casing (1) and which is constituted by a plurality of elements (5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17) of different shapes, dimensions and densities, the densities simulating the densities of various organs and media of the human body, two of these elements (11, 12) being constituted by two truncated pyramids of different densities which are fitted one inside the other, at least one of them not being completely symmetrical relative to the longitudinal axis thereof, balls (9, 10, 13) of a non-radiotransparent material arranged in the core (4), at least two removable lateral faces (18, 21) which face each other and which comprise metal wires which define geometric figures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris
    Inventors: Jean-Noël Foulquier, Hanna El-Balaa, Dimitri Lefkopoulos