Detecting apparatus and associated kit and method

US11234677B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE) · FR
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6) · FR
• UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT—PARIS 7 · FR
• ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS · FR

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/166
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a detecting apparatus (12) comprising:—at least two sensors (24, 26, 28), with at least one sensor (24) being an ultrasound transducer adapted to produce ultrasound waves, and—a positioning device (16) defining several compartments (22), each compartment (22) being adapted to hold a sensor (24, 26, 28) and each compartment (22) being located at predetermined location, the positioning device (16) comprising a holder adapted to be fixed on the skull of a subject, the positioning device (16) being adapted to be maintained on the head of the subject using the holder.