Patents by Inventor Jacques LeBozec

Jacques LeBozec 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).

  • Automatic surgical clip applier
    Patent number: 6599298
    Abstract: An automatic surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly having an actuating member for causing a first member to move sequentially in a distal direction and a proximal direction, and for causing a second member to move sequentially in a proximal direction and a distal direction; and a clip applier assembly adapted for releasably securing to the handle assembly and having a jaw closing member and a clip feeding member, the jaw closing member being engageable with the first member and the clip feeding member being engageable with the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Vitalitec International, S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Charles Forster, Jacques LeBozec
  • Cartridge and system for holding and applying clips
    Patent number: 6273253
    Abstract: A cartridge for holding clips includes a base and a plurality of walls extending from the base and having wall faces, opposed wall faces of adjacent walls defining a space for receiving a clip, wherein at least one wall of the wall faces has a roughened surface positioned to contact a clip in the space whereby the clip is frictionally held in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Vitalitec International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Forster, Lawrence Crainich, Wolfgang Eisold, Wayne Knupp, Beate Schoppler, Jacques LeBozec