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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Micro Photon Devices Srl, Bolzano, IT;
Vermon S.a., Tours, FR;
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, IT;
Simone Tisa, Segrate Mi, IT;
Alessandro Ruggeri, Fiorano al Serio BG, IT;
Bogdan Rosinski, Langeais, FR;
Emmanuel Montauban, Joue-les-Tours, FR;
Jean-Marc Dinten, Grenoble, FR;
Antonio Pifferi, Milan, IT;
Paola Taroni, Como, IT;
Alberto Dalla Mora, Fiorenzuloa d'Arda (PC), IT;
Alberto Tosi, Paruzzaro, IT;
Micro Photon Devices Srl, Bolzano, IT;
VERMON S.A., Tours, FR;
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris, FR;
POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan, IT;
Abstract
A portable two-mode probe to be applied against a biological tissue to be examined, the probe including an ultrasonic transducer configured to emit ultrasonic waves into the tissue and to receive ultrasonic waves reflected by the tissue, the transducer extending along a transverse axis; and at least two optodes placed on either side of the transverse axis, such that the transducer extends between the two optodes. Further, each optode includes a casing containing a light emitter configured to emit a light wave toward the tissue, and/or an optical detector configured to detect a light wave scattered by the tissue. The optodes are arranged such that at least one light emitter and at least one optical detector are placed on either side of the transducer, and at least one optical detector has a detection area formed from a semiconductor and connected to a circuit board.