Patents by Inventor Philippe Puy

Philippe Puy 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).

  • Support for an echographic transducer, in particular an echocardiographic transducer
    Patent number: 5094243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support for an echographic transducer, the support comprising a base (10), a transducer carrier (30), locking means (40) for locking the transducer carrier in position, and transducer carrier mounting means comprising two semi-circular hoops (20, 20') pivoting about mutually perpendicular axes (X, Y) extending in a common plane which is parallel to the plane of the base and which is situated in the proximity of the contact surface between the base and the body of the patient, each of said hoops having an elongate slot (21, 21') extending over the major portion of its length, and the transducer carrier being located at the intersection of the two slots. The invention is applicable to cardiac echography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Inventors: Philippe Puy, Alain Dreyer