Patents by Inventor Sixte De Fraguier

Sixte De Fraguier 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).

  • Ultrasonic imaging software and hardware pack
    Publication number: 20050119574
    Abstract: Ultrasound imaging pack composed of a hardware part for ultrasound imaging preprocessing and of a software part intended to be installed on a microcomputer, the hardware part including at least one ultrasound probe connected to a module of electronic circuits at least part of which is configurable, this module comprising analog FEC circuits, an assembly of analog/digital converters, an array of logic electronic gates and a high throughput link between this module and the microcomputer, the software part being stored on a removable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: THALES UL TRASONICS SAS
    Inventors: Charles Maerfeld, Sixte de Fraguier, Tore Sorensen
  • Process for manufacturing a multi-element acoustic probe, especially an echograph probe
    Patent number: 5774960
    Abstract: A process relating to the manufacture of medical echograph probes for establishing a network of connections to elementary transducer units. The process includes the steps of cutting transducer units from a piezoelectric plate, drilling holes in a polymer film on the piezoelectric plate by means of a photoablation process or a reactive ion plasma etching process, and making connections by metallization and then etching to form conducting tracks which connect to the piezoelectric layer via the drilled holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Sixte De Fraguier, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Gelly, Jean-Marc Bureau
  • X-ray tube having a variable focus which is self-adapted to the load
    Patent number: 5060254
    Abstract: Problems of thermal resistance both of the anode and of the cathode of an x-ray tube are solved by constructing a flat cathode which is set within a stair-step focusing device. It is shown that, depending on the shape of this device, the heat output on the anode is constant irrespective of the load on the x-ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric CGR S.A.
    Inventors: Sixte de Fraguier, Catherine Thomas, Francois Caire
  • X-ray tube with a flat cathode and indirect heating
    Patent number: 5044005
    Abstract: Problems of thermal resistance of the cathode of an x-ray tube are solved by constructing a flat cathode in the form of a hollow beam. This ensures rigidity of the cathode which is inherent in its beam shape without being attended by the disadvantages of excessive thermal inertia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric CGR S.A.
    Inventors: Sixte De Fraguier, Gilles Lemestreallan, Francois Caire