Patents by Inventor Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE
Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE 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).
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Publication number: 20230145459Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring the fluid balance of an animal or human body. The device includes a body weight sensor for continuously or periodically weighing the body, a fluid delivery device for providing a controllable supply of fluid to the body, a urine output sensor for determining the urine output of the body, a processor. The processor is adapted for determining a total fluid outtake of the body and a fluid outtake due to perspiration and respiration by taking a signal provided by the body weight sensor and a signal provided by the urine output sensor into account, and providing a control signal to the fluid delivery device to regulate a volume, flow velocity or flow rate of the fluid delivered to the body, so as to maintain a predetermined fluid balance in the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: ELMEDIX NVInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Johannes BOGERS
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Publication number: 20230000360Abstract: A device for measuring a temperature at one or more locations in an organ or tissue inside the human or animal body, a related kit and a related method. The device includes a catheter tube having a distal end for inserting into the body and a proximal end for remaining outside the body in use of the device, and at least one resistive temperature sensor in the tube, and a plurality of electrical wires in the tube that are connected to the at least one resistive temperature sensor. The plurality of electrical wires includes at least some electrical wires running from the proximal end of the tube through the tube. The device includes a connector at the proximal end of the tube for electrically connecting the plurality of electrical wires to an external device. The resistive temperature sensor includes a thermal resistor and a first terminal and a second terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: ELMEDIX NVInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, John-Paul BOGERS, Luigi BRANCATO
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Patent number: 11513199Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for determining a distance, comprising: a light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector comprising picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern as reflected by the object in synchronization with the sequence of pulses; and processing means to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by said picture elements. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representing a first amount of light reflected during a first time window and a second electrical charge representating a second amount of light reflected during a second time window. The system projects and detects for at least two consecutive sequences of pulses, each being operated with a different duration of said first time window and said second time window.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Dirk Van Dyck, Johan Van Den Bossche
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Publication number: 20220254504Abstract: A method for simulating temperatures in the body when in a controllable environment. The method includes receiving a property of the body obtained by measurements, calculating a body-specific parameter of a bioheat model based on the property, obtaining at least one environment-specific parameter, and calculating the temperatures in the body by solving the model taking the body-specific and environment-specific parameters into account. The equivalent thermal circuit of the model includes a blood compartment and a plurality of anatomical segments, each including a plurality of compartments. The interior compartments of a trunk segment include organ compartments representative of different internal organs, which are connected in parallel in the equivalent thermal circuit. This also relates to a device, system and computer-program product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: ELMEDIX NVInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Johannes BOGERS, Luigi BRANCATO
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Publication number: 20210228406Abstract: Hyperthermia system for raising the body temperature of the body of an individual to a predetermined target temperature Tb and for stabilizing the body temperature at the target temperature Tb, including: a thermally insulated cabinet for receiving the individual, equipped with channeling means to channel fluids into the body of the individual; at least one thermal device to raise the body temperature of the individual, when placed inside said cabinet, and to subsequently maintain the target temperature Tb of the individual; one or more devices for heating fluids to be channeled into the body of the individual via the channeling means; one or more sensors to monitor the temperature and/or heat flux of the individual; and a controller to control the at least one thermal means and the one or more devices for heating fluids. The sensors are connected to the controller to provide temperature values and/or heat flux values.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: ELMEDIX NVInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Liesbet CONINGS, John-Paul BOGERS
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Patent number: 10921454Abstract: A system for determining a distance to an object including a solid-state light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector having a plurality of picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern of discrete spots as reflected by the object in synchronization with the pulses; and a processor to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by the picture elements. The picture elements are configured to generate exposure values by accumulating, for each pulse of the sequence, a first amount of electrical charge representative of a first amount of light reflected by the object during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of a second amount of light reflected by the object during a second time window, the second time window occurring after the first time window.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Dirk Van Dyck, Johan Van Den Bossche
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Patent number: 10852400Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for determining a distance, comprising: a light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector comprising picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern as reflected by the object in synchronization with the sequence of pulses; and processing means to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by said picture elements. The picture elements generate the exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representative of a first amount of light reflected during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of a second amount of light reflected during a second time window, the second time window occurring after the first time window. The picture elements comprise at least two sets of charge storage wells, each configured as a cascade.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: XenomatiX NVInventors: Dirk Van Dyck, Johan Van Den Bossche
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Patent number: 10768301Abstract: A system for determining a distance to an object including a solid-state light source, a detector having a plurality of picture elements, and a processor to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by picture elements in response to the detected light. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representative of reflected light during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of reflected light during a second predetermined time window. The detecting occurs at the two charge storage wells; and the system interleaves the predetermined time windows with time windows during which the picture elements are used in a function different from the detecting and/or the picture elements include at least one further charge storage well to perform the function different from the detecting of the first and second amount of light.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Filip Geuens, Dirk Van Dyck, Rik Paesen, Johan Van Den Bossche
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Publication number: 20200124726Abstract: A system for determining a distance to an object including a solid-state light source, a detector having a plurality of picture elements, and a processor to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by picture elements in response to the detected light. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representative of reflected light during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of reflected light during a second predetermined time window. The detecting occurs at the two charge storage wells; and the system interleaves the predetermined time windows with time windows during which the picture elements are used in a function different from the detecting and/or the picture elements include at least one further charge storage well to perform the function different from the detecting of the first and second amount of light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Filip GEUENS, Dirk VAN DYCK, Rik PAESEN, Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE
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Publication number: 20200046548Abstract: A whole-body hyperthermia system for raising the body temperature of the entire body of an individual to a predetermined target temperature and for stabilizing the body temperature at the target temperature comprises an apparatus means for raising the body temperature at a rate of at least 1° C./hour, and at least a second thermal means for further adjusting the body temperature to the target temperature Tb. The second thermal means comprises a fluid circuit, which is at least partially within the individual, and a fluid, heated by a heat exchanger to a set temperature is circulated through the fluid circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Liesbet CONINGS, John-Paul BOGERS
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Publication number: 20200033457Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for determining a distance, comprising: a light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector comprising picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern as reflected by the object in synchronization with the sequence of pulses; and processing means to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by said picture elements. The picture elements generate the exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representative of a first amount of light reflected during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of a second amount of light reflected during a second time window, the second time window occurring after the first time window. The picture elements comprise at least two sets of charge storage wells, each configured as a cascade.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: XenomatiX NVInventors: Dirk VAN DYCK, Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE
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Publication number: 20200033478Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for determining a distance, comprising: a light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector comprising picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern as reflected by the object in synchronization with the sequence of pulses; and processing means to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by said picture elements. The picture elements generate exposure values by accumulating a first amount of electrical charge representing a first amount of light reflected during a first time window and a second electrical charge representating a second amount of light reflected during a second time window. The system projects and detects for at least two consecutive sequences of pulses, each being operated with a different duration of said first time window and said second time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Dirk VAN DYCK, Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE
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Patent number: 10183541Abstract: The invention pertains to a system comprising: a source to generate a pulsed radiation pattern; a detector; a processor to process data from the detector when radiation is reflected by an object; a synchronization means interfacing between the detector and the source; wherein: the detector is synchronized with the source so that radiation to be processed is detected only during the pulses, the processor determines a characteristic of the object by determining displacement of detected spots with reference to predetermined positions, the source emits monochromatic light and the detector is equipped with a bandpass filter and optics arranged so as to modify an angle of incidence onto said filter to confine light to a predetermined range around a normal of said filter, said optics comprising an image-space telecentric lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Johan Van Den Bossche, Dirk Van Dyck, Liesbet Conings
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Publication number: 20180299554Abstract: A system for determining a distance to an object including a solid-state light source for projecting a pattern of discrete spots of laser light towards the object in a sequence of pulses; a detector having a plurality of picture elements, for detecting light representing the pattern of discrete spots as reflected by the object in synchronization with the pulses; and a processor to calculate the distance to the object as a function of exposure values generated by the picture elements. The picture elements are configured to generate exposure values by accumulating, for each pulse of the sequence, a first amount of electrical charge representative of a first amount of light reflected by the object during a first time window and a second electrical charge representative of a second amount of light reflected by the object during a second time window, the second time window occurring after the first time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Dirk VAN DYCK, Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE
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Patent number: 9551791Abstract: A system for detecting the profile of an object. The system having a radiation source for generating a radiation pattern. The system also having a detector which has a plurality of pixels and a processor for processing data from the detector when radiation from the radiation source is reflected by an object and detected by the detector. The system also has a synchronization device for interfacing between the detector and the radiation source. The radiation source is designed for operating in pulsed mode and the synchronization device can synchronize the pulses of the radiation source with the sampling of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: XENOMATIX NVInventors: Johan Van Den Bossche, Dirk Van Dyck
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Publication number: 20160200161Abstract: The invention pertains to a system comprising: a source to generate a pulsed radiation pattern; a detector; a processor to process data from the detector when radiation is reflected by an object; a synchronization means interfacing between the detector and the source; wherein: the detector is synchronized with the source so that radiation to be processed is detected only during the pulses, the processor determines a characteristic of the object by determining displacement of detected spots with reference to predetermined positions, the source emits monochromatic light and the detector is equipped with a bandpass filter and optics arranged so as to modify an angle of incidence onto said filter to confine light to a predetermined range around a normal of said filter, said optics comprising an image-space telecentric lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: XenomatiX NVInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Dirk VAN DYCK, Liesbet CONINGS
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Publication number: 20160018526Abstract: A system for detecting the profile of an object. The system having a radiation source for generating a radiation pattern. The system also having a detector which has a plurality of pixels and a processor for processing data from the detector when radiation from the radiation source is reflected by an object and detected by the detector. The system also has a synchronization device for interfacing between the detector and the radiation source. The radiation source is designed for operating in pulsed mode and the synchronization device can synchronize the pulses of the radiation source with the sampling of the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: XENOMATIX BVBAInventors: Johan VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Dirk VAN DYCK