Patents by Inventor Vincent Croulard

Vincent Croulard 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: 20240130705
    Abstract: According to one aspect of an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, an imaging device or system, e.g., a mammography imaging system or device, includes a distance and location sensing system on the imaging system/e to provide accurate distance and position information from one or more sensing device(s) constituting the system that measure the elapsed time between the emission of the wave or radiation from the sensing device and the detection of the reflected wave or radiation. Examples of the types of sensing devices include ultrasound sensing devices, MEMS radar devices and time-of-flight (ToF) sensing devices. The distance information can be employed to determine the relative positions to produce a distance map illustrating the position and shape of any objects sensed within the zone by the sensing device(s), to determine the rate of change of the positions, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jerome Sutty, Laurence Vancamberg, Vincent ` Croulard
  • Patent number: 9649077
    Abstract: A medical imaging system comprising a C-arm supporting a radiation source and a radiation detector, an external protection cover of said C-arm, wherein said C-arm and said cover are separable from each other and are respectively supported by two different vehicles when separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernard Bouvier, Romain Moulin, Jean-Michel Marteau, Vincent Croulard, Omar Al Assad, Bruno Galloni, Stephane Graziani, Gilles Robin
  • Publication number: 20150201893
    Abstract: A medical imaging system comprising a C-arm supporting a radiation source and a radiation detector, an external protection cover of said C-arm, wherein said C-arm and said cover are separable from each other and are respectively supported by two different vehicles when separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Bernard Bouvier, Romain Moulin, Jean-Michel Marteau, Vincent Croulard, Omar Al Assad, Bruno Galloni, Stephane Graziani, Gilles Robin
  • Publication number: 20090082661
    Abstract: A system to generate a radiological image of a subject from multiple directions is provided. The system comprises a first drive to move the gantry and detector about a vertical axis, a second drive to move the gantry and detector about a horizontal axis, and a handle assembly coupled to the gantry in mobile support of the detector. The handle assembly includes a sensor operable to generate a signal representative of a direction of deflection of a header. The system also includes a controller having instructions generally representative of the steps that include translating the signal from the sensor in the direction of deflection of the header, generating a signal to instruct the first and second drives to move the gantry in the direction of deflection, and moving the gantry in the direction of deflection of the header via the first and second drives in accordance to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Saladin, Bernard Bouvier, Vincent Croulard
  • Patent number: 6834000
    Abstract: A double resonance voltage converter and method of operating such a converter having: a switching circuit with a first switch and a second switch; a double resonance resonant circuit having a series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit; a rectifying and filtering circuit, and a control circuit for controlling the switching circuit having two state arrangements. A first arrangement controls the conducting states of the switching circuit and a second arrangement controls the start of the first arrangement. The converter may be used to obtain very high voltages, on the order of 100 kilovolts and more, for providing power to an X-ray tube in a radiological imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Croulard, George-William Baptiste, Alain Durville
  • Publication number: 20030231514
    Abstract: A double resonance electronic converter and method of operating such a converter having: a switching circuit comprising a first switch and a second switch; a double resonance resonant circuit having a series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit; a rectifying and filtering circuit, and a control circuit for controlling the switching circuit having two state arrangements. A first arrangement for controlling states of the switching circuit and a second arrangement for controlling the start of the first arrangement. The converter may be used to obtain very high voltages, on the order of 100 kilovolts and more, for providing power to an X-ray tube in a radiological imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Vincent Croulard, George-William Baptiste, Alain Durville