Patents by Inventor José Oliviera Sousa

José Oliviera Sousa 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).

  • Scanning system along an arciform trajectory with a variable bending radius
    Patent number: 6923767
    Abstract: The scanning system of the invention includes a structure driven in rotation around a first axis, a structuremounted rotating on the structure around an axis parallel to the first axis, a structure for supporting an echographic probe mounted rotating on the structure around a third axis parallel to the axis, a coupling element between the structure and the structure and a coupling element between the support structure and the structure. This system being able to move the probe along a variable band arciform trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Quantel Medical
    Inventors: Amena Saïed, Arnaud Petetin, Pascal Laugier, Geneviève Berger, José Oliviera Sousa, Bernard Audenard
  • Scanning system along an arciform trajectory with a variable bending radius
    Publication number: 20030220572
    Abstract: The scanning system of the invention includes a structure driven in rotation around a first axis, a structuremounted rotating on the structure around an axis parallel to the first axis, a structure for supporting an echographic probe mounted rotating on the structure around a third axis parallel to the axis, a coupling element between the structure and the structure and a coupling element between the support structure and the structure. This system being able to move the probe along a variable band arciform trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Amena Saied, Arnaud Petetin, Pascal Laugier, Genevieve Berger, Jose Oliviera Sousa, Bernard Audenard