Patents by Inventor Michel Francois Grimaud

Michel Francois Grimaud 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: 10398393
    Abstract: An interventional device configured for placement in or near an internal organ or tissue is provided. The interventional device includes a reference portion having three or more sensor elements. In one implementation, the interventional device and associated sensor elements provide dynamic referencing of the internal organ, tissue or associated vasculature after registration of the sensor data with images and/or volumetric representations of the internal organ or tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Michel Francois Grimaud, Yves Lucien Trousset
  • Patent number: 9247920
    Abstract: A method includes, in a bi-plane interventional imaging system, moving a first C-arm supporting a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector about first and second axes while obtaining a plurality of first X-ray attenuation data sets relating to a subject of interest; moving a second C-arm, positioned crosswise with respect to the first C-arm and supporting a second X-ray source and a second X-ray detector, about the first axis while obtaining a plurality of second X-ray attenuation data sets relating to the subject of interest; and synchronizing the movement of the first and second C-arms to avoid collision therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Omar Al Assad, David Allen Langan, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Michel Francois Grimaud
  • Publication number: 20150238159
    Abstract: A method includes, in a bi-plane interventional imaging system, moving a first C-arm supporting a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector about first and second axes while obtaining a plurality of first X-ray attenuation data sets relating to a subject of interest; moving a second C-arm, positioned crosswise with respect to the first C-arm and supporting a second X-ray source and a second X-ray detector, about the first axis while obtaining a plurality of second X-ray attenuation data sets relating to the subject of interest; and synchronizing the movement of the first and second C-arms to avoid collision therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Omar Al Assad, David Allen Langan, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Michel Francois Grimaud
  • Patent number: 8315690
    Abstract: An interventional device configured for placement in or near an internal organ or tissue is provided. The interventional device includes a reference portion having three or more sensor elements. In one implementation, the interventional device and associated sensor elements provide dynamic referencing of the internal organ, tissue or associated vasculature after registration of the sensor data with images and/or volumetric representations of the internal organ or tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Michel Francois Grimaud, Yves Lucien Trousset
  • Publication number: 20090088629
    Abstract: An interventional device configured for placement in or near an internal organ or tissue is provided. The interventional device includes a reference portion having three or more sensor elements. In one implementation, the interventional device and associated sensor elements provide dynamic referencing of the internal organ, tissue or associated vasculature after registration of the sensor data with images and/or volumetric representations of the internal organ or tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Michel Francois Grimaud, Yves Lucien Trousset