Patents by Inventor Quentin FRANCOIS

Quentin FRANCOIS 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: 11974832
    Abstract: Described herein is a multi-dimensional kineticardiography device (300) which comprises a sensor (320) having three accelerometer/gyroscope modules (320X, 320Y, 320Z) mounted in a support which positions it at the centre of mass of a subject whose cardiac function is to be measured. The sensor (320) outputs six degrees of freedom data as linear acceleration along and rotational or angular velocity about x-, y- and z-axes. The sensor (320) is connected to a processor (335) for transmitting the kineticardiography data obtained from the sensor (320) and the electrocardiography data to a mobile computing platform (330), via Bluetooth (350), for further processing and display. An electrocardiography data chip (370) is also present for digitising the electrocardiography data for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
    Inventors: Pierre-François Migeotte, Quentin Delière
  • Publication number: 20240120107
    Abstract: A data processing system for predicting a score representative of a probability of a sepsis for a patient includes a data interface configured to receive, from at least one database, health data of at least one patient. The data processing system includes a trained machine learning model configured to predict and provide the score using as input the health data for each patient, and to provide a plurality of sub-scores representative of a correlation between the health data and the predicted score. In this regard, the health data includes regularly updated biometric monitoring data provided by a biometric monitoring device and health history data provided by at least one health history database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: PREVIA MEDICAL
    Inventors: Pierre-Elliott THIBOUD, Barthélémy ARRIBE, Quentin FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20240099806
    Abstract: A system to localize a micro-device inside a target body part, including: a micro-device remotely steered and controlled from outside the target body part, a control unit including a memory for storing one ultrasound image of the target body part, one probe being brought in contact with a securing body part of the patient, and at least one tracker connected to the micro-device. The probe and the tracker communicate with ultrasounds, the control unit being thus able to localize, in real time, the tracker within an internal referential defined with regards to the probe, and the control unit displays, on a screen, the ultrasound image and displays, in real time, the localization of the micro-device on the ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: ROBEAUTE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE)
    Inventors: Quentin FRANCOIS, Bertrand DUPLAT, Sinan HALIYO, Stéphane RÉGNIER, Pierre ZARADER, Olivier COUTURE, Antoine COUDERT
  • Publication number: 20240090792
    Abstract: A signal tracking system including: one fixation element to be secured to a rigid body part of the patient surrounding a target body part, the fixation element further including a mapping element, one tracker element to be secured to the fixation element to track, in real time, the internal tracker, and a control unit including a memory to store an internal referential and one image displaying the target body part and one fixation element. The control unit is designed to define, inside the internal referential, at least one 3D frame position attached to the at least one fixation element, and to precisely locate each point of the target body part, the control unit is further designed to precisely localize, in real time, the internal tracker inside the target body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: ROBEAUTE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Quentin FRANCOIS, Bertrand DUPLAT, Sinan HALIYO, Stephane RÉGNIER, Pierre ZARADER
  • Publication number: 20240033020
    Abstract: A delivery and gathering system for at least one target point inside a target body part of a patient, the system including: a microrobot aimed at navigating towards the at least one target point, a cap aimed at being secured to a securing body part of the patient, the cap including a channel which enables to introduce elements into the target body part, or enables to remove elements from inside the target body part, a wire connected to the microrobot and to the cap, and a control unit configured to communicate with the cap, the control unit including a user interface enabling a user to remotely control and navigate the microrobot. The system further includes a flexible elongated element configured to cooperate, by sliding, with the wire in order to extend, from the cap, towards the target point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: ROBEAUTE
    Inventors: Bertrand DUPLAT, Quentin FRANCOIS, Ali OULMAS
  • Publication number: 20220273383
    Abstract: This device includes a propulsion element including at least one portion deformable in elongation/contraction according to a main axis (X2) connecting a front portion and a rear portion. At least two guide elements adapted to generate, under the effect of an energy supply, a rotation of the propulsion element respectively about a first axis of rotation and about a second axis of rotation transverse to each other and to the main axis (X2) of the propulsion element. A control unit configured to actuate a rotation of the propulsion element about at least one axis transverse to the main axis (X2) in a coordinated manner with a deformation of the deformable element of the propulsion element in elongation/contraction according the main axis (X2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: ROBEAUTE
    Inventors: Bertrand DUPLAT, Ali OULMAS, Quentin FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20220160304
    Abstract: A microrobot configured to move in a viscous material, in particular in an organ of a subject such as a brain, the microrobot having a propulsion structure comprising a head portion, a rear portion and a deformable portion connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The deformable portion is deformable in elongation/contraction along a main axis connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The head portion includes at its surface at least one propulsion cilium, one end of the at least one propulsion cilium being attached to the head portion and the other end of the at least one propulsion cilium being a free end configured to move freely in the viscous material. The propulsion structure further includes a motor configured to actuate sequentially elongation/contraction cycles of the deformable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: ROBEAUTE
    Inventors: Bertrand DUPLAT, Ali OULMAS, Quentin FRANCOIS
  • Publication number: 20220000454
    Abstract: This system for real-time localization of a millimetric or submillimetric object, such as a microrobot, in a viscoelastic medium, in particular in an organ of a subject such as a brain, a liver or a pancreas, includes: at least one bubble configured to be attached to said object, the or each bubble having a hermetic envelope filled with a gas; at least one ultrasound transducer configured to emit initial ultrasound signals and to detect deflected ultrasound signals deflected at the surface of the bubble(s); a processing unit in communication with the ultrasound transducers and configured to generate localization data of the object from localization data of the bubble(s) based on the deflected ultrasound signals detected by the ultrasound transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: ROBEAUTE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Bertrand DUPLAT, Quentin FRANCOIS, Sinan HALIYO, Régis MARCHIANO, Stéphane REGNIER
  • Publication number: 20200305796
    Abstract: A microrobot configured to move in a viscous material, in particular in an organ of a subject such as a brain, the microrobot having a propulsion structure including a head portion, a rear portion and a deformable portion connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The deformable portion is deformable in elongation/contraction along a main axis connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The head portion includes at its surface at least one propulsion cilium, one end of the at least one propulsion cilium being attached to the head portion and the other end of the at least one propulsion cilium being a free end configured to move freely in the viscous material. The propulsion structure further comprises a motor configured to actuate sequentially elongation/contraction cycles of the deformable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: ROBEAUTE
    Inventors: Bertrand DUPLAT, Ali OULMAS, Quentin FRANCOIS