Patents by Inventor Jean Huppert
Jean Huppert 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).
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Patent number: 10758363Abstract: This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Reginald J. Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Gregory A Hoffman, Alan W McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Publication number: 20180008430Abstract: This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan Mcgee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Publication number: 20170319354Abstract: Various embodiments of intervertebral arthrodesis devices for insertion in an intervertebral space separating opposite faces of two adjacent vertebrae are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a ring shaped intervertebral cage having a bar that extends perpendicular to the axis of the spine, the bar has a height less than the rest of the cage, and a surface of the cage contacting the vertebrae has an undulating shape for limiting sliding of the cage in a plane parallel to the vertebrae faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Christian Louis, Jean Huppert, Patrick Tropiano, Thierry Dufour
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Publication number: 20170252183Abstract: This present invention concerns a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the centre of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Patent number: 9713535Abstract: This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Patent number: 9649199Abstract: Intervertebral arthrodesis for insertion in an intervertebral space separating opposite faces of two adjacent vertebrae has a ring shaped intervertebral cage having a bar that extends perpendicular to the axis of the spine. The bar has a height less than the rest of the cage. A surface of the cage contacting the vertebrae has an undulating shape for limiting sliding of the cage in a plane parallel to the vertebrae faces.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Christian Louis, Jean Huppert, Patrick Tropiano, Thierry Dufour
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Patent number: 9597198Abstract: This present invention concerns a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Patent number: 9532882Abstract: An intervertebral cage includes a thin main wall having two return parts at opposite ends of the wall. The wall has an approximately constant thickness. The return parts are extended by facing end parts having a gap between them. The wall, the return parts and end parts delimit an inner cavity. The gap extends parallel to the wall and has a length between 50% and 100% of the cavity length. The gap length is preferably between 70% to 90% of the cavity length.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: LDR MedicalInventor: Jean Huppert
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Publication number: 20160235547Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterised in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lowerType: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: LDR MedicalInventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
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Patent number: 9265619Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterized in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lowerType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
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Publication number: 20160008142Abstract: Intervertebral arthrodesis for insertion in an intervertebral space separating opposite faces of two adjacent vertebrae has a ring shaped intervertebral cage having a bar that extends perpendicular to the axis of the spine. The bar has a height less than the rest of the cage. A surface of the cage contacting the vertebrae has an undulating shape for limiting sliding of the cage in a plane parallel to the vertebrae faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Christian Louis, Jean Huppert, Patrick Tropiano, Thierry Dufour
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Patent number: 9078765Abstract: Intervertebral arthrodesis for insertion in an intervertebral space separating opposite faces of two adjacent vertebrae has a ring shaped intervertebral cage having a bar that extends perpendicular to the axis of the spine. The bar has a height less than the rest of the cage. A surface of the cage contacting the vertebrae has an undulating shape for limiting sliding of the cage in a plane parallel to the vertebrae faces.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Christian Louis, Jean Huppert, Patrick Tropiano, Thierry Dufour
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Publication number: 20140364949Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterised in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lowerType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: LDR MedicalInventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
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Patent number: 8753397Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
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Publication number: 20140135932Abstract: This present invention concerns a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the centre of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: LDR MedicalInventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Publication number: 20140121778Abstract: An intervertebral cage includes a thin main wall having two return parts at opposite ends of the wall. The wall has an approximately constant thickness. The return parts are extended by facing end parts having a gap between them. The wall, the return parts and end parts delimit an inner cavity. The gap extends parallel to the wall and has a length between 50% and 100% of the cavity length. The gap length is preferably between 70% to 90% of the cavity length.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: LDR MEDICALInventor: Jean Huppert
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Patent number: 8623087Abstract: An intervertebral cage includes a thin main wall having two return parts at opposite ends of the wall. The wall has an approximately constant thickness. The return parts are extended by facing end parts having a gap between them. The wall, the return parts and end parts delimit an inner cavity. The gap extends parallel to the wall and has a length between 50% and 100% of the cavity length. The gap length is preferably between 70% to 90% of the cavity length.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: LDR MedicalInventor: Jean Huppert
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Publication number: 20130253648Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
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Patent number: 8409288Abstract: This present invention concerns a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: LDR MedicalInventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon
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Publication number: 20120310356Abstract: This disclosure presents various embodiments of a transforaminal intersomatic cage for an intervertebral fusion graft, and an instrument and method for implanting the cage, an embodiment of the cage having a body in the shape of a circular arc and comprising a lateral concave surface, a lateral convex surface, a straight upper surface, a straight lower surface and an end wall having at least one hole, called the end hole, designed to receive a rod of an instrument for implanting the cage between the vertebrae, wherein: the end hole has an orientation that is more or less tangential to the circular arc described by the body; the extremity opposite to the end wall of the body includes a return part extending the body toward the center of the circle on which the circular arc described by the body lies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Reginald James Davis, Kevin Kaufman, Greg Hoffman, Alan McGee, Jean Huppert, Hugues Mousselard, Ludovic Rillardon