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Patent No.:

US 8992231 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012

Prostate phantom, system for planning a focal therapy of a prostate cancer comprising such prostate phantom and method for planning a focal therapy of a prostate cancer implementing such system

Applicants:

Nacim Betrouni, Loos, FR;

Bertrand Leroux, Loos, FR;

Pierre Colin, Lille, FR;

Pierre Nevoux, Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex, FR;

Serge Mordon, Loos, FR;

Inventors:

Nacim Betrouni, Loos, FR;

Bertrand Leroux, Loos, FR;

Pierre Colin, Lille, FR;

Pierre Nevoux, Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex, FR;

Serge Mordon, Loos, FR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Whitham Curtis Christofferson & Cook, PC

Primary Examiner:

Kiet T Nguyen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G09B 23/32 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G01N 27/72 (2006.01); G01N 29/30 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

A61N 5/103 (2013.01); G09B 23/30 (2013.01); G09B 23/32 (2013.01); G01N 27/72 (2013.01); G01N 29/30 (2013.01);

Abstract

Prostate phantom comprising an artificial prostate () and an artificial lesion arranged within the artificial prostate (), wherein the artificial prostate () comprises: a first part () mimicking a peripheral zone of a zonal anatomy of the prostate, the first part () being made of a first artificial tissue and comprising a closed outer surface, at least a second part () separate from the first part () and mimicking at least a second zone of the zonal anatomy of the prostate, the second part () being made of a second artificial tissue and comprising a closed outer surface, the first () and second () parts contacting each other along an interface mimicking a boundary between the peripheral zone and the second zone.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Betrouni, Nacim. (2015). Prostate phantom, system for planning a focal therapy of a prostate cancer comprising such prostate phantom and method for planning a focal therapy of a prostate cancer implementing such system (U.S. Patent No. 8992231). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8992231

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