Patents by Inventor Bernard Vera

Bernard Vera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5549710
    Abstract: A system for assembling two components of a prosthesis in a plurality of positions which are adjustable in orthogonal translation, and selectively in rotation and angularly. In the system, a projecting part integral with one of these components is engaged in a recess, forming a hollow part of the other component of the prosthesis, or of an intermediate connection element, while screws arranged transversely with respect to the lateral walls of the cell come into abutment, as in the prior art, against the lateral flanks of the projecting part, but without the base of the hollow part bearing directly against the facing surface of the projecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Etablissements Proteor
    Inventors: Bernard Vera, Olivier Pierron
  • Patent number: 5376138
    Abstract: A device has a valve (21) activated by hydraulic fluid in opposition to a resilient restoring element (27) and blocking off an outlet in the bottom of a cylinder ( 3 ) when the fluid, responsive to being compressed by a piston (5), exerts a specified pressure subsequent to an involuntary movement on the part of a femoral amputee wearing the device so as to correct the gait of the amputee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Etablissements Proteor SA
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Bouchard, Bernard Vera