Patents by Inventor Yann Delmas
Yann Delmas 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).
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Patent number: 7656994Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Bernard Erich Hermann Claus, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Yann Delmas, Reinhold Franz Wirth, James George Morrow
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Publication number: 20090135995Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Yann Delmas, Reinhold Franz Wirth, James George Morrow
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Patent number: 7534036Abstract: A support assembly for an image detector operable to acquire an image of a subject on a table is provided. The support assembly includes an offset arm pivotally coupled from a carriage about a first axis. An elbow is pivotally coupled at the offset arm about a second axis. The first and second axes are vertically aligned and spaced an offset distance from one another. A mobile arm supports the image detector. The mobile arm is pivotally coupled at the elbow about a third axis that is horizontal aligned and in alignment with a central longitudinal axis of a table in a vertical plane. The mobile arm is also supported to rotate about a fourth axis that is horizontal aligned and in perpendicular alignment relative to the third axis. The first, second, third, and fourth axes all include a common point of intersection with one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yann Delmas, Bernard Bouvier, Andreas C. Van der Ham
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Patent number: 7466795Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Yann Delmas, Reinhold Franz Wirth, James George Morrow
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Publication number: 20080162046Abstract: A system for tracking an arrangement of at least one mobile apparatus in relation to an imaging device is provided. The system includes at least one position monitoring sensor in communication with a controller. The position monitoring sensor is operable to generate a signal indicative of a position of the at least one mobile apparatus relative to a reference point. The controller is operable to calculate a position of the at least one mobile apparatus relative to the imaging device, and store the position of the at least one mobile apparatus relative to the imaging device in a storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Francois Kotian, Yann Delmas
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Publication number: 20080101546Abstract: A support assembly for an image detector operable to acquire an image of a subject on a table is provided. The support assembly includes an offset arm pivotally coupled from a carriage about a first axis. An elbow is pivotally coupled at the offset arm about a second axis. The first and second axes are vertically aligned and spaced an offset distance from one another. A mobile arm supports the image detector. The mobile arm is pivotally coupled at the elbow about a third axis that is horizontal aligned and in alignment with a central longitudinal axis of a table in a vertical plane. The mobile arm is also supported to rotate about a fourth axis that is horizontal aligned and in perpendicular alignment relative to the third axis. The first, second, third, and fourth axes all include a common point of intersection with one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Yann Delmas, Bernard Bouvier, Andreas C. Van der Ham
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Publication number: 20060291618Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Jeffrey Eberhard, Bernhard Claus, Cynthia Landberg, Serge Muller, Yann Delmas, Reinhold Wirth, James Morrow
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Patent number: 7110490Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Reinhold Franz Wirth, Yann Delmas, James George Morrow
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Patent number: 7016460Abstract: The detection of a compression pad in a mammography apparatus is automated. A rear face of the pad is provided with identifying and positioning readable by the sensors of a mobile carriage of the mammography apparatus. The reading is converted into a binary word that enables the mammography apparatus to obtain the operating parameters and to automatically associate reading keys with an image. A reading key is, for example, the name of the examination/image associated with the pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Jean-Pierre Saladin, Emmanuel Roger, Yann Delmas
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Publication number: 20050039758Abstract: The detection of a compression pad in a mammography apparatus is automated. A rear face of the pad is provided with identifying and positioning readable by the sensors of a mobile carriage of the mammography apparatus. The reading is converted into a binary word that enables the mammography apparatus to obtain the operating parameters and to automatically associate reading keys with an image. A reading key is, for example, the name of the examination/image associated with the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Jean-Pierre Saladin, Emmanuel Roger, Yann Delmas
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Publication number: 20040109529Abstract: A tomosynthesis system for forming a three dimensional image of an object is provided. The system includes an X-ray source adapted to irradiate the object with a beam of X-rays from a plurality of positions in a sector, an X-ray detector positioned relative to the X-ray source to detect X-rays transmitted through the object and a processor which is adapted to generate a three dimensional image of the object based on X-rays detected by the detector. The detector is adapted to move relative to the object and/or the X-ray source is adapted to irradiate the object with the beam of X-rays such that the beam of X-rays follows in a non arc shaped path and/or a center of the beam of X-rays impinges substantially on the same location on the detector from different X-ray source positions in the sector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Reinhold Franz Wirth, Yann Delmas, James George Morrow
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Patent number: 6550964Abstract: Covering device comprising two rigid cover elements associated respectively with a first and with a second unit having a relative mobility, the two rigid cover elements having apertures opposite one another, and a flexible cover element having two opposite ends a first end of the flexible cover element being fixed directly to the aperture of the first rigid cover element and its second end being fixed to a rigid positioning flange whose shape is adapted to the shape of the aperture of the second rigid cover element and which comprises joining means cooperating with complementary means provided on the second unit for the flange to position the second end of the flexible cover element, in all relative positions of the two units, in such a way that the position of the second end corresponds to the position of the aperture of the second rigid cover element after placement of the latter on the second unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLCInventors: Francis Guerit, Yann Delmas
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Publication number: 20010040940Abstract: Covering device comprising two rigid cover elements associated respectively with a first and with a second unit having a relative mobility, the two rigid cover elements having apertures opposite one another, and a flexible cover element having two opposite ends a first end of the flexible cover element being fixed directly to the aperture of the first rigid cover element and its second end being fixed to a rigid positioning flange whose shape is adapted to the shape of the aperture of the second rigid cover element and which comprises joining means cooperating with complementary means provided on the second unit for the flange to position the second end of the flexible cover element, in all relative positions of the two units, in such a way that the position of the second end corresponds to the position of the aperture of the second rigid cover element after placement of the latter on the second unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventors: Francis Guerit, Yann Delmas