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Bimodal diagnostic probe using optical and ultrasonic imaging, including at least one removable shell having on-board optical means

US9579081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR
SA VERMON · FR

Inventors

Jérôme Boutet · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR
An Nguyen-Dinh · La Riche, FR
Mathieu Debourdeau · Chambéry, FR
Odile Messineo · Blois, FR
Christophe Notard · Angers, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2012
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for a bimodal diagnostic probe with optical and ultrasonic imaging, the probe including a main body supporting an ultrasonic transducer at its front end. The device includes a shell, an illumination mechanism mounted on a front end of the shell to light outside of the shell, and a collection or detection mechanism mounted on the front end of the shell to collect or detect an optical signal produced outside the shell. The shell includes an attachment mechanism to reversibly assemble it around the main body of the probe, with the illumination mechanism and the collection or detection mechanism mounted on the shell.

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