Patents by Inventor Jonathan Vappou

Jonathan Vappou 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230405363
    Abstract: A device for positioning a medical appliance in an operational position with respect to a patient, includes a bearing element configured to receive the medical appliance; at least two compressible chambers containing a frictional jamming material capable of exhibiting frictional jamming when air is removed from the chambers, the chambers being coupled to the bearing element; wherein: in a non-actuated configuration, the bearing element is adapted to be positioned in the operational position, and the chambers are configured to move the bearing element according to six degrees of freedom, and in an actuated configuration, the frictional jamming material is subjected to frictional jamming, thereby allowing for the chambers to become rigid and the bearing element to be fixedly positioned, wherein the device is configured to be self-supporting in the actuated configuration. The disclosure also relates to a system and a method for positioning a medical appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Paolo CABRAS, Jonathan VAPPOU, Benoît WACH, Afshin GANGI
  • Devices, Methods, and Systems for Measuring Elastic Properties of Biological Tissues Using Acoustic Force
    Publication number: 20170319171
    Abstract: A device, method, and system for using an acoustic radiation force resulting from focused ultrasound energy in order to generate an internal force remotely and to measure quantitatively tissue elasticity in vivo and non-invasively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Jonathan VAPPOU, Elisa E. KONOFAGOU
  • Devices, methods, and systems for measuring elastic properties of biological tissues using acoustic force
    Patent number: 9585631
    Abstract: A device, method, and system for using an acoustic radiation force resulting from focused ultrasound energy in order to generate an internal force remotely and to measure quantitatively tissue elasticity in vivo and non-invasively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Jonathan Vappou, Elisa Konofagou
  • DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
    Publication number: 20130237820
    Abstract: A device, method, and system for using an acoustic radiation force resulting from focused ultrasound energy in order to generate an internal force remotely and to measure quantitatively tissue elasticity in vivo and non-invasively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Jonathan Vappou, Elisa Konofagou