Patents by Inventor Lucile Zorn

Lucile Zorn 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).

  • Master interface device for a motorised endoscopic system and installation comprising such a device
    Patent number: 10660719
    Abstract: A master interface device for remotely controlling at least one instrument mounted in an endoscope. The device includes at least one control handle device in the form of a subassembly able to be manipulated in the same degrees of freedom as the associated control instrument. The control device includes on the one hand a gripping and manoeuvring shaft, designed for gripping with the whole hand by the operator, and on the other hand a mounting bracket supporting said shaft. Translation and pivoting of the bracket controls respectively translation and rotation around itself of the associated instrument, and the pivoting of the shaft relative to the bracket controls the bending of the end of the instrument concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Universite De Strasbourg, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Institut De Recherche Sur Les Cancers De L'Appare-
    Inventors: Michel De Mathelin, Florent Le Bastard, Florent Nageotte, Philippe Zanne, Lucile Zorn
  • Motorised and modular instrumentation device and endoscopy system comprising such a device
    Patent number: 10463239
    Abstract: A motorized, modular instrumentation device and an endoscopy system including such device. The motorized, modular instrumentation device includes at least one operational unit mounted on at least one support structure and integrating a motorized medical instrument module including, first, an elongated medical instrument with a tool arranged on one distal end, it being possible to bend the corresponding end portion of the instrument, and second, at least one electrical actuating element controlling the operation of the tool and/or the bending of the distal end portion, via transmission elements extending within the elongated body of the instrument. The actuating element(s) is/are installed in a hollow body connected to the proximal end of the instrument and the hollow body is itself arranged, with rotational guiding, within a reception housing adapted to move, at least translationally, on the support structure, the movements of the hollow body and the reception housing being motorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (ETABLISSEMENT PUBLIC NATIONAL A CARACTERE SCIENTIFIQUE, CULTUREL ET PROFESSIONNEL, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (ETABLISSEMENT PUBLIC NATIONAL A CARACTERE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNOLOGIQUE)
    Inventors: Lucile Zorn, Philippe Zanne, Florent Nageotte, Michel De Mathelin
  • Master Interface Device For A Motorised Endoscopic System And Installation Comprising Such A Device
    Publication number: 20160338789
    Abstract: A master interface device for remotely controlling at least one instrument mounted in an endoscope. The device includes at least one control handle device in the form of a subassembly able to be manipulated in the same degrees of freedom as the associated control instrument. The control device includes on the one hand a gripping and manoeuvring shaft, designed for gripping with the whole hand by the operator, and on the other hand a mounting bracket supporting said shaft. Translation and pivoting of the bracket controls respectively translation and rotation around itself of the associated instrument, and the pivoting of the shaft relative to the bracket controls the bending of the end of the instrument concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michel De Mathelin, Florent Le Bastard, Florent Nageotte, Philippe Zanne, Lucile Zorn
  • MOTORISED AND MODULAR INSTRUMENTATION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140378761
    Abstract: A motorized, modular instrumentation device and an endoscopy system including such device. The motorized, modular instrumentation device includes at least one operational unit mounted on at least one support structure and integrating a motorized medical instrument module including, first, an elongated medical instrument with a tool arranged on one distal end, it being possible to bend the corresponding end portion of the instrument, and second, at least one electrical actuating element controlling the operation of the tool and/or the bending of the distal end portion, via transmission elements extending within the elongated body of the instrument. The actuating element(s) is/are installed in a hollow body connected to the proximal end of the instrument and the hollow body is itself arranged, with rotational guiding, within a reception housing adapted to move, at least translationally, on the support structure, the movements of the hollow body and the reception housing being motorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (ETABLISSMENT PUBLIC NATIONAL A CARACTERE SCIENTIFIQUE, CULTURE ET, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (ETA- BLISSEMENT PUBLIC NATIONAL A CARACTERE SCIENTIFIQ
    Inventors: Lucile Zorn, Philippe Zanne, Florent Nageotte, Michel De Mathelin