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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12727945 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2022

Heat treatment assembly

Applicants:

Universite DE Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR;

Inserm (Institut National DE LA Santé ET DE LA Recherche Medicale), Paris, FR;

Fondation Bordeaux Universite, Bourdeaux, FR;

Inventors:

Bruno Quesson, Cestas, FR;

Valéry Ozenne, Talence, FR;

Pierre Bour, Marcheprime, FR;

Assignees:

Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR;

INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale), Paris, FR;

Fondation Bordeaux Universite, Bordeaux, FR;

Attorney:

TraskBritt

Primary Examiner:

Ahmed M Farah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02);
Abstract

An assembly for heat-treatment of biological tissue comprises: a thermal energy generator; an energy applicator; an MRI image acquisition device for generating anatomical images and phase images; a planning unit comprising an MRI image processing means for defining a target region, a region to be preserved, and a neutral region in the tissue, and for assigning a heat treatment setpoint and an acceptable temperature measurement uncertainty to the three regions; a unit for monitoring evolution of the status of the heat treatment and for receiving data from the planning unit and from the MRI image acquisition device during a heat treatment, the monitoring unit comprising a means for generating temperature images from the phase images, a means for calculating a reliability indicator from the temperature variation indicated on the temperature image, and a means for calculating an indicator of the status of the heat treatment in the three regions.

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Quesson, Bruno. (2026). Heat treatment assembly (U.S. Patent No. 12727945). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12727945

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