Patents by Inventor Jean-François Le Gargasson

Jean-François Le Gargasson 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).

  • High resolution device for observing a body
    Patent number: 6588900
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for observing a body, in particular a viewer, comprising means for illuminating (12) the body (5), means for sampling (400, 450, 500, 700) light coming from an illuminated site (01) of the body and compensating means (20) for measuring a deformation of the wave front of a beam coming from a point of the body (5) and for applying to the light sampled by the sampling means (400, 450, 500, 700) a correction calculated on the basis of said measured deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Universite Paris 7-Denis Diderot
    Inventors: Jean-François Le Gargasson, Pierre Lena, Claude Boccara, Arnaud Dubois
  • Device for observation inside a body providing improved quality of observation
    Patent number: 6470124
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for observation inside a body, such as the body of a living being, comprising means for illuminating (110, 115, 200, 300, 400) the body inside, means for displaying an image (600, 700, 800), and a flexible conduit (300) for travelling through an inside part of the body and conveying an image from inside the body to the displaying means (600, 700, 800), the illuminating means (110, 115, 200, 300, 400) being arranged to automatically scan a zone of the body forming the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignees: Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Jean-François Le Gargasson, Frédéric Lamarque, Jean-Paul Chaduc