Detecting apparatus and associated imaging method

US10952701B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR
• Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6) · FR
• UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT—PARIS 7 · FR
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS · FR

Inventors

• Thomas Deffieux · Paris, FR
• Jean-Luc Gennisson · Cergy, FR
• Mickael Tanter · Paris, FR
• Ivan Cohen · Bennettsville, US
• Mathieu Pernot · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/0219
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a detecting apparatus (12) for imaging at least two areas of a brain of a subject (10), the detecting apparatus (12) comprising: —a holder comprising: —a frame (14) devoted to be cemented on the skull of the subject (10), the frame (14) delimitating an inner portion (18) which is transparent to ultrasound waves, —a removable imaging device comprising: —a platform (16) delimitating an inner space (28), the inner space (28) facing the inner portion (18), —a fixing element (30) adapted to temporary fix and lock the platform (16) to the holder, —an ultrasound probe (32), and —a moving stage (34) holding the ultrasound probe (32) and being adapted to move the ultrasound probe (32) within the inner space (28).