Patents by Inventor Stephane Lucas

Stephane Lucas 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).

  • Publication number: 20090297437
    Abstract: A radioactive or radioactivable nanostructure has a core, the core including at least two atoms, at least one of which being radioactive or radioactivable, and a shell encapsulating the core and selected among a selected material so that at the most, 20% of the radioactive radiation produced by the core are stopped or absorbed by the shell and the manufacturing method thereof. The various uses of such a nanostructure, and more specifically the use thereof in the medical field, and more specifically in targeted radiotherapy are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FACULTES UNIVERSITAIRES NOTRE-DAME DE LA PAIX
    Inventor: Stephane Lucas
  • Publication number: 20090247807
    Abstract: A radioactive implant for brachytherapy includes a composite radioactive source having at least two different types of radionuclides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
    Inventors: Stephane Lucas, Vincent Nuttens
  • Publication number: 20050069076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a radio-isotope (4) from a target (3), containing a precursor (1) of said radio-isotope (4), using a beam of accelerated particles, comprising the following method steps: preparation of a target (3), containing the precursor (1) of the radioisotope (4), irradiation of said target (3) within an irradiation chamber (10) with a beam of accelerated particles in order to induce the transmutation of the precursor (1) into the radio-isotope (4), heating said target (3) in order to bring about the efflux of the radio-isotope (4) from the target (3), collection of said radio-isotope (4), extracted as a gas and condensation of said radio-isotope (4) into a solid or liquid. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out the above method and use of the device and method for the production of palladium 103 from rhodium 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: ION BEAM APPLICATIONS S.A.
    Inventors: Ray Bricault, Stephane Lucas
  • Patent number: 6432281
    Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a substrate by condensation of a coating material onto the substrate while the substrate is moving through an enclosure under vacuum in which evaporation of the coating material takes place. With the inventive process, deposits with controlled structure and adhesion can be made on moving substrate or support even at very high speeds, so that the process can advantageously be carried out continuously or at variable speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Recherche et Developpement Due Groupe Cockerill Sambre
    Inventors: Pierre Vanden Brande, Stephane Lucas, Alain Weymeersch
  • Publication number: 20010032782
    Abstract: A process for forming a coating on a substrate by condensation of a coating material onto the substrate while the substrate is moving through an enclosure under vacuum in which evaporation of the coating material takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Recherche et Developpement du Groupe Cockerill Sambre
    Inventors: Pierre Vanden Brande, Stephane Lucas, Alain Weymeersch