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Lacoste, FR

Ana Lacoste, Saint Martin Le Vinoux FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100109532DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND/OR CONFINING A PLASMA - The invention concerns a device for producing and/or confining a plasma (05-06-2010
20100252067Cleaning device and cleaning process for a plasma reactor - The invention concerns a device and a process, the device being a cleaning device utilizing a dry chemical means assisted by plasma from a reactor (10-07-2010
20110215722DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND/OR CONFINING A PLASMA - The invention relates to a device for producing and/or confining a plasma (09-08-2011
20140305467CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING PROCESS FOR A PLASMA REACTOR - The invention concerns a device and a process, the device being a cleaning device utilizing a dry chemical means assisted by plasma from a reactor (10-16-2014
20150137682GLOW DISCHARGE LAMP - The disclosure includes a glow-discharge lamp including: an elongate casing transparent to illuminating radiation and containing a plasma gas; a device for applying an electric field for maintaining a plasma in the so-called positive column region of the casing, the device including two electrodes forming an anode and a cathode located in the casing at each end thereof; and a radio-frequency or microwave cathode plasma source arranged in the casing in relation to the cathode-forming electrode, such as to generate a high-frequency discharge located on the surface of the electrode in order to generate the plasma. The disclosure also includes a lighting method of such a glow-discharge lamp.05-21-2015

Patent applications by Ana Lacoste, Saint Martin Le Vinoux FR

Aymeric Lacoste, Toulouse FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120195077NOVEL ARCHITECTURE OF A COMPENSATOR FOR POWER FACTORS AND HARMONICS FOR A POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A rectifier system for a primary AC electrical power distribution system comprising a PFC circuit connected onto the primary distribution system which delivers a DC power supply and means for storing electrical energy connected to the outputs of the PFC via a switching circuit. This circuit is controlled in such a manner as to effect either the discharge of the electrical energy stored in the storage means onto the DC power supply line, or the charging of the storage means by the DC power supply line. A first control circuit determines the state of operation of the switching circuit by comparing the value of the voltage on the power supply line with a first reference voltage. A second control circuit regulates the power delivered by the PFC over the power supply line by comparing the voltage present at the output of the storage means with a second reference voltage.08-02-2012

Deanna Lacoste, Chatenay-Malabry FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150179411APPARATUS FOR GENERATING REACTIVE GAS WITH GLOW DISCHARGES AND METHODS OF USE - An apparatus for generating a flow of reactive gas for decontaminating a material, surface or area, which comprises a first electrode member comprising a first conductive sheet and a first plurality of conductive pins protruding from a surface of the first conductive sheet and a second electrode member comprising a second conductive sheet and a second plurality of conductive pins protruding from a surface of the second conductive sheet. The second electrode member is arranged in spaced relationship with the first electrode member to define a reactor channel between the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet The first plurality of conductive pins protrude within the reactor channel towards the second conductive sheet and the second plurality of conductive pins protrude within the reactor channel towards the first conductive sheet so as to form air gaps between the first plurality of conductive pins and the second plurality of conductive pins. An air blower generates a flow of air through the reactor channel. An electric pulse generator repetitively generates voltage pulses between the first and second electrode members so as to produce glow discharges in the air gaps between the conductive pins of the first plurality and the conductive pins of the second plurality, the voltage pulses being generated at a pulse repetition frequency greater than about 1 kHz and voltage pulse duration less than about 100 ns, the glow discharges being adapted to transform part of the flow of air into reactive gas. An output section delivers the reactive gas from the reactor channel to a sample or region to be decontaminated.06-25-2015

Francois Lacoste, Paris FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090216121Head for imaging and treating organs of living beings and method for making same - An imaging and treatment head for imaging and treating an organ or tissue of a living being, and usable in particular for treating tumors of the prostate or the thyroid, said head comprising: imaging means (08-27-2009
20090299180Distance-determining method and treatment apparatus which uses said method - A method of determining the real distance between an emitter/receiver face (12-03-2009
20090306502Head for Imaging and Treating Organs of Living Organisms and Production Method Thereof - An imaging and treatment head for imaging and treating an organ or tissue of a living being, and usable in particular for treating tumors of the prostate or the thyroid, said head comprising: imaging means (12-10-2009
20100016764Therapeutic Treatment Head, Therapeutic Treatment Appliance, Method of Sequencing Activation Stages for the Head, and Method of Indirectly Determining the Temperature of the Skin - A therapeutic treatment head for treating living tissue (T), the head comprising a casing (01-21-2010
20100094177SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING ULTRASOUND TREATMENT OF THRYOID AND PARATHYROID WITH MOVEMENTS OF PATIENTS - A treatment device and methods for HIFU treatment of thyroid and parathyroid disorders are provided. The treatment device comprises the first sensor for detecting swallowing motion and the second sensor for tracking the motion of the thyroid and parathyroid tissue with ultrasound imaging. Thus, the treatment device allows for safe and non-invasive use of HIFU on thyroid and parathyroid tissue of patients by synchronizing HIFU pulse delivery with patient swallowing and/or directing the applicator of HIFU energy to follow the appropriate tissue when the patient moves.04-15-2010
20100094178Systems and Methods for Ultrasound Treatment of Thyroid and Parathyroid - A treatment device and methods for HIFU treatment of thyroid and parathyroid disorders are provided. The treatment method comprises identifying a treatment zone and directing high intensity focused ultrasound energy towards the treatment zone. The treatment device comprises the first sensor for detecting swallowing motion and the second sensor for tracking the motion of the thyroid and parathyroid tissue with ultrasound imaging. Thus, the treatment device allows for safe and non-invasive use of HIFU on thyroid and parathyroid tissue of patients by synchronizing HIFU pulse delivery with patient swallowing and/or directing the applicator of HIFU energy to follow the appropriate tissue when the patient moves.04-15-2010
20100280371Non-Invasive Device and Method for Locating a Structure Such as a Nerve - Non-invasive device for locating a structure (N11-04-2010
20110137167Device for Therapeutic Treatment - Device for therapeutic treatment, comprising: an acoustic transducer (06-09-2011
20120238873Ultrasound Treatment Device - The invention concerns a device for treatment of an organ or tissue of a living being. The device comprises at least one treatment transducer for emission of ultrasound waves, preferably high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) waves, focusable on a focal point within or on the surface of said organ or tissue, as well as means for rotating said treatment transducer around an axis which intersects said focal point. The device further comprises synchronization means for synchronizing the rotation of the treatment transducer with at least the emission of ultrasound waves from said treatment transducer and/or an additional imaging transducer.09-20-2012

Patent applications by Francois Lacoste, Paris FR

Francois Lacoste, Gentilly FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130144162Method and Device for Determining the Elastic Modulus of a Biological Tissue - To determine the elastic modulus of biologic tissue, a sequence of elasticity images and a sequence of B-mode ultrasound images are acquired simultaneously. Then, at least one sub-sequence of the B-mode ultrasound images representing a resting state is generated from said sequence of B-mode ultrasound images. Based on the sub-sequence of the B-mode ultrasound images, a subsequence of the elasticity images is generated by selecting and/or modifying those elasticity images. Finally, the elastic modulus is determined based on the sub-sequence of the elasticity images. Also disclosed are a method for determining changes of the elastic modulus of a tissue, a method of identifying biological tissue based on the determined elastic modulus and a device for determining the elastic modulus of a biological tissue.06-06-2013
20130150715Ultrasound probe head comprising an imaging transducer with a shielding element - The present invention relates to an ultrasound probe head (06-13-2013
20150088039Device for Therapeutic Treatment and Method for Controlling a Treatment Device03-26-2015

Francois Lacoste, Neuilly Sur Seine FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110230369METHOD FOR SCREENING COMPOUNDS FOR THEIR ABILITY TO INCREASE RIGIDITY OF RED BLOOD CELLS INFECTED BY A PROTOZOAN PARASITE OF THE GENUS PLASMODIUM, METHOD FOR FILTERING RED BLOOD CELLS, AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for screening compounds for their ability to increase rigidity of red blood cells (RBCs) infected by a protozoan parasite of the genus 09-22-2011

François Lacoste, Roquefort Les Pins FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150039922DYNAMIC LOW POWER STATES CHARACTERIZATION - An optimal idle state of a processor is selected using dynamically derived parameters. For example, the idle state is selected from a group of possible idle power states. A current detector is arranged to perform power measurements of the processor and to report a total power consumption of the processor for each time value of a range of discrete values for each possible idle power state. A calibration unit is arranged to communicate with the current detector and the processor, and to automatically activate a calibration sequence that is used to produce data from which idle power state is optimal for the processor for an estimated idle period.02-05-2015

François Lacoste, Paris FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090299180Distance-determining method and treatment apparatus which uses said method - A method of determining the real distance between an emitter/receiver face (12-03-2009

Gérard Lacoste, Aurillac FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090169531Use of symbiotic for the treatment of atopic dermatitis - The invention relates to the use of a product comprising a living 07-02-2009

Gérard Lacoste, Aurillac FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090169531Use of symbiotic for the treatment of atopic dermatitis - The invention relates to the use of a product comprising a living 07-02-2009

Jean-Michel Lacoste, Sevres FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034460Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-10-2011
20120046287Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-23-2012
20130331380DIHYDROINDOLONE COMPOUNDS, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - Compounds of formula (I):12-12-2013

Patent applications by Jean-Michel Lacoste, Sevres FR

Jean-Patrick Lacoste, Vincennes FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110238277METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE ENERGY VARIATION OF AN AIRCRAFT - The method for managing an energy variation of an aircraft provided with at least one propulsion system, capable of generating a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, is characterized in that said energy variation is expressed by a size representative of said energy variation and homogenous to a gradient of the aircraft, and in that it includes steps for determining the current energy variation of said aircraft, ordering an energy variation of the aircraft, determining, as a function of said ordered energy variation, a necessary thrust force that must be generated by said propulsion system for the energy variation of the aircraft to be able to tend towards said ordered energy variation, and developing and applying a control order to said propulsion system so that it delivers said necessary thrust force.09-29-2011

Lilian Lacoste, Gan FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002256Laser Based Image Display System - We describe optical techniques for replicating an image to expand the exit pupil of a head-up laser-based image display system. The system includes image replication optics to replicate an image carried by a substantially collimated beam, the image replication optics comprising a pair of substantially planar reflecting optical surfaces defining substantially parallel planes spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the parallel planes. The system is configured to launch the collimated beam into a region between the parallel planes such that the reflecting optical surfaces waveguide the beam between the surfaces in a plurality of successive reflections at front and rear optical surfaces. The front optical surface is configured to transmit a proportion of the collimated beam when reflecting the beam such that at each reflection of the collimated beam at the front optical surface a replica of the image is output from the image replication optics.01-05-2012
20150049063Touch Sensing Systems - A touch sensing system, for sensing the position of at least one object with respect to surface, the system comprising: a first, 2D touch sensing subsystem to detect a first location of said object with respect to a surface and to provide first location data; a second, object position sensing subsystem to detect a second location of said object, wherein said second location of said object is not constrained by said surface, and to provide second location data; a system to associate said first location data and said second location and to determine additional object-related data from said association; and a system to report position data for said object, wherein said position data comprises data dependent on at least one of said first and second locations and on said additional object-related data.02-19-2015
20150177861Touch Sensing Systems - We describe a touch sensing system projecting light defining a touch sheet above a surface and a camera to capture a touch image of light scattered by a pen intersecting the touch sheet. A signal processor identifies a lateral location of the pen. The pen includes a light source to provide a light signal, and the system also includes two photodiodes to detect the signal from the pen. The touch detection is augmented by modelling the signals received at the photodiodes, dependent on the distance and angle of a pen, and using this to derive a probability of the observed received signals given the pen location determined from the touch sheet. This information can be used, for example, to allocate identities to the pens.06-25-2015

Lilian Lacoste, Merignac FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100079830DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING POSITION AND/OR ORIENTATION OF OBJECTS AND ASSOCIATED DETECTION METHODS - The present invention relates to a device for optically detecting position and/or attitude of an object (04-01-2010

Marc Lacoste, Gradignan FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130310238COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLER FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING - A roller for a high temperature annealing line includes a cylindrical shell and an axial support element and including a spindle at at least one of its ends, and first and second keys fastened to the axial support element and each arranged in a respective first or second through opening formed in the shell. The first key is mounted to bear against a first circumferential bearing surface of the first through opening while the second key is mounted against a second circumferential bearing surface of the second through opening opposite to the first circumferential bearing surface of the first through opening in a circumferential travel direction. The first key is mounted to bear against the second longitudinal bearing surface of the first through opening, while the second key is mounted against the first longitudinal bearing surface of the second through opening opposite to the second longitudinal bearing surface.11-21-2013

Marc Lacoste, Versailles FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150089572System for Supervising the Security of an Architecture - A method is provided for supervising security of an architecture having a plurality of interconnected clouds. A cloud includes a plurality of resources and a security supervisor. The plurality of resources forms in the cloud a plurality of groups of resources associated respectively with a security domain. A security controller supervises the resources of the domain, and a plurality of physical machines contains the resources of the plurality of clouds. The method includes: receiving a security event by a security controller of a first cloud, originating from a first resource associated with a first security domain; dispatching said security event to the security supervisor of the first cloud; and dispatching by the security supervisor of the first cloud a security order in reaction to the security event to at least one second security controller of the first cloud and dispatching the security order by the second security controller to a second resource supervised by the second controller.03-26-2015

Pauline Lacoste, Sevres FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034460Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-10-2011
20120046287Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-23-2012
20130331380DIHYDROINDOLONE COMPOUNDS, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - Compounds of formula (I):12-12-2013

Patent applications by Pauline Lacoste, Sevres FR

Philippe Lacoste, Pompiginac FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090139082ELECTRIC COUPLING OF A CONNECTION TO AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BUNDLE - The subject of the present invention is a system for electric coupling of a plane connection (06-04-2009

Sandrine Lacoste, Carignan FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176136Multi-Layered Plastic Polymeric Container for the Storage of Pharmaceutical Compositions - Multi-layered plastic polymeric container useful for the storage and conservation of pharmaceutical compositions, sterile or non sterile, which comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, a gas barrier layer, and adhesive layers.07-15-2010
20110077301NOVEL METHODS OF ADMINISTERING A MIXTURE OF FATTY ACIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-HUMAN MAMMALS - Mixture of fatty acids, their derivatives, ester or methyl ester derivates thereof, which may be administered to non-human mammals by diffusion in to ambient air during at least seven consecutive days, with a rapid kinetic of diffusion during the first three days of administration.03-31-2011

Vincent Lacoste, Sevres FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034460Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-10-2011
20120046287Dihydroindolone compounds, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them - Compounds of formula (I):02-23-2012
20130331380DIHYDROINDOLONE COMPOUNDS, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - Compounds of formula (I):12-12-2013

Patent applications by Vincent Lacoste, Sevres FR

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