Patents by Inventor Phillippe BENCTEUX

Phillippe BENCTEUX 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).

  • Robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member
    Patent number: 11298198
    Abstract: A robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member includes: movable drive members alternately positioned in a drive configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently close together to be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, and in a free configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently far apart so as to no longer be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, a control member controlling movement of the movable drive members into the drive configuration in which the elongate flexible medical member is driven, and a reverse movement into the free configuration, a stress sensor measuring stress on at least one of the drive members, and a user interface linked to the stress sensor so as to receive the measured stress from the stress sensor and suitable for providing a signal representative of the measured stress to the user of the robotic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOCATH
    Inventors: Bruno Fournier, Julien Maurel, Sébastien Deboeuf, Phillippe Bencteux
  • ROBOTIC MODULE FOR DRIVING AN ELONGATE FLEXIBLE MEDICAL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180353250
    Abstract: A robotic module for driving an elongate flexible medical member includes: movable drive members alternately positioned in a drive configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently close together to be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, and in a free configuration in which the drive members are sufficiently far apart so as to no longer be able to drive the elongate flexible medical member, a control member controlling movement of the movable drive members into the drive configuration in which the elongate flexible medical member is driven, and a reverse movement into the free configuration, a stress sensor measuring stress on at least one of the drive members, and a user interface linked to the stress sensor so as to receive the measured stress from the stress sensor and suitable for providing a signal representative of the measured stress to the user of the robotic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bruno FOURNIER, Julien MAUREL, Sébastien DEBOEUF, Phillippe BENCTEUX