Sofradim Production

Centre Leon Berard

Bernard Greillier

Jean-Yves Chapelon

Cyril Lafon

René Milleret

Jean-Louis Mestas

This device () for generating ultrasonic waves in a target region of a soft solid, includes at least two ultrasound sources (), light sources () distributed around a central axis (X) of the device (), for enlightening a zone of the soft solid via subsurface scattering, and a video camera (), for capturing images of the zone enlightened by the lighting means. The ultrasound source (), the light sources () and the video camera () are mounted on a body of the device () and oriented toward a common target zone which includes a focal point of the ultrasound sources (). A boresight of the video camera is aligned on the central axis (X).

Device and system for generating ultrasonic waves in a target region of a soft solid and method for locally treating a tissue

Constriction device ( ) which can be at least partially implanted in the human or animal body, comprising a constriction member ( ) forming a ring in its operational configuration, said constriction member including a flexible band ( ), of which the two ends ( ) are adjacent to one another in the operational configuration, and a means ( ) for actuating the constriction member, characterized in that, in cooperation, on the one hand, at least one end ( ) of the flexible band ( ) includes a tractile element ( ) for moving said end relative to the other end ( ), generating a radial deformation of the constriction member, and, on the other hand, the actuating means ( ) comprises a member ( ) for pulling the tractile element ( ).

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Lyons, France

Bernard Greillier