Patents by Inventor Michael Atlan

Michael Atlan 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).

  • Patent number: 12462371
    Abstract: This computer-implemented method allows assessing the shear elasticity modulus of a flexible tube, such as a blood vessel. In the field of medicine, this allows assessing whether a blood vessel is at risk of breakage or tearing. In the case of an artificial tube to be implanted in a patient's body, this allows verifying that this tube is compatible with the patient's body. The method includes the following further steps: a) obtaining (1002) a first dataset relating to spatiotemporal deformations of the tube; b) detecting and storing (1004) a wall inner surface of the tube and its diameter (D); c) identifying (1006) a number of transverse sections (Sij) of the tube; d) computing (1008) an average particle velocity (Vij) over each section; e) computing (1010) a wave propagation speed (C2) of an antisymmetric wave (W2); f) based on the wave propagation speed (C2) and on the diameter (D), assessing (1012) the shear elasticity modulus (?) of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)—RAISON SOCIALE OBSOLETE, CENTRE LEON BERARD, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D'OPTHALMOLOGIE QUINZE-VINGTS
    Inventors: Michael Atlan, Stefan Catheline, Gabrielle Laloy-Borgna, Léo Puyo
  • Publication number: 20240242331
    Abstract: This computer-implemented method allows assessing the shear elasticity modulus of a flexible tube, such as a blood vessel. In the field of medicine, this allows assessing whether a blood vessel is at risk of breakage or tearing. In the case of an artificial tube to be implanted in a patient's body, this allows verifying that this tube is compatible with the patient's body. The method includes the following further steps: a) obtaining (1002) a first dataset relating to spatiotemporal deformations of the tube; b) detecting and storing (1004) a wall inner surface of the tube and its diameter (D); c) identifying (1006) a number of transverse sections (Sij) of the tube; d) computing (1008) an average particle velocity (Vij) over each section; e) computing (1010) a wave propagation speed (C2) of an antisymmetric wave (W2); f) based on the wave propagation speed (C2) and on the diameter (D), assessing (1012) the shear elasticity modulus (?) of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael ATLAN, Stefan CATHELINE, Gabrielle LALOY-BORGNA, Léo PUYO
  • Patent number: 11457806
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the present disclosure relates to a digital holography device (100) for full-field blood flow imaging of ocular vessels of a field of view of a layer (11) of the eye (10). The device comprises an optical source (101) configured for the generation of an illuminating beam (Eobj) and a reference beam (ELO), and a detector (135) configured to acquire a plurality of interferograms (I(x,y,t)) wherein an interferogram is defined as the signal resulting from the interference between the said reference beam (ELO) and a part of said illuminating beam (Eobj) that is backscattered from said layer (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Léo Puyo, Michael Atlan
  • Patent number: 11099522
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention concerns an optical imaging device (20) for an object (OBJ) by off-axis holography comprising a light source (21) adapted for emitting an illumination wave (EI) on the object, in transmission or reflection, and an assembly formed by one or more thick Bragg gratings (22) for receiving a wave (EO) coming from the object thus illuminated and for deflecting a first component (ER) of the wave coming from the object, called the reference wave, and to allow a second component (ES) of the wave coming from the object, called the signal wave, to pass without deflection in such a way that the deflected reference wave presents predetermined deflection angles with respect to the non-deflected signal wave defined in two perpendicular planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES, DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Michael Atlan, Jean-Pierre Huignard
  • Publication number: 20210196120
    Abstract: According to a first aspect, the present disclosure relates to a digital holography device (100) for full-field blood flow imaging of ocular vessels of a field of view of a layer (11) of the eye (10). The device comprises an optical source (101) configured for the generation of an illuminating beam (Eobj) and a reference beam (ELO), and a detector (135) configured to acquire a plurality of interferograms (I(x,y,t)) wherein an interferogram is defined as the signal resulting from the interference between the said reference beam (ELO) and a part of said illuminating beam (Eobj) that is backscattered from said layer (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
    Inventors: Léo Puyo, Michael Atlan
  • Publication number: 20200233378
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention concerns an optical imaging device (20) for an object (OBJ) by off-axis holography comprising a light source (21) adapted for emitting an illumination wave (EI) on the object, in transmission or reflection, and an assembly formed by one or more thick Bragg gratings (22) for receiving a wave (EO) coming from the object thus illuminated and for deflecting a first component (ER) of the wave coming from the object, called the reference wave, and to allow a second component (ES) of the wave coming from the object, called the signal wave, to pass without deflection in such a way that the deflected reference wave presents predetermined deflection angles with respect to the non-deflected signal wave defined in two perpendicular planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Michael Atlan, Jean-Pierre Huignard
  • Patent number: 9733064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a digital holography method for detecting the vibration amplitude of an object (15) having a vibration frequency ?, comprising: generating object illumination waves (Wt) and reference waves (WLO); acquiring interferograms between the reference wave (WLO) and a signal wave (Ws) by means of a bandwidth ? s detector (19), the reference wave comprising two components ELO1, ELO1 of frequencies ?1, ?2 that are respectively staggered in relation to the laser frequency ?L by a quantity ?1=?1?s and ?2=q?+?2?s, where q is an integer and ?0.5??1, ?2?0.5; and calculating the vibration amplitude of the object from the optical beats spectrum deduced from the complex amplitude of an interferogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS
    Inventors: Michael Atlan, Benjamin Samson
  • Publication number: 20150292858
    Abstract: The invention relates to a digital holography method for detecting the vibration amplitude of an object (15) having a vibration frequency ?, comprising: generating object illumination waves (Wt) and reference waves (WLO); acquiring interferograms between the reference wave (WLO) and a signal wave (W?) by means of a bandwidth a s detector (19), the reference wave comprising two components ELO, ELO1 of frequencies ?1, ?2 that are respectively staggered in relation to the laser frequency ?L by a quantity ?1=?1?, and ?2=q?+?2??, where q is an integer and ?0.5??1, ?2?0.5; and calculating the vibration amplitude of the object from the optical beats spectrum deduced from the complex amplitude of an interferogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Michael Atlan, Benjamin Samson