Patents by Inventor Jimmy Villard

Jimmy Villard 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
    Publication number: 20210038333
    Abstract: Minimally invasive surgical techniques are used to obtain access to vertebrae while protecting soft tissues in the surrounding area. The dilators may be used to provide a working channel through which the operation is performed. Standard dilators may be used with a robotic surgical system to provide precise guidance of surgical tools. A dilator may be held by the robot and automatically repositioned when the surgeon adjusts a trajectory for performing the surgery. The dilator itself may be used as a surgical instrument guide along with dilator adaptors that adjust the diameter of a portion of the dilator to allow for different sized tools to be guided by the dilator. Alternatively, surgical instrument guides may also be held by the robotic arm such that tools are guided by a surgical instrument guide through the dilator to perform a medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Billy Nussbaumer, Jimmy Villard
  • Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive surgery
    Patent number: 10828120
    Abstract: Minimally invasive surgical techniques are used to obtain access to vertebrae while protecting soft tissues in the surrounding area. The dilators may be used to provide a working channel through which the operation is performed. Standard dilators may be used with a robotic surgical system to provide precise guidance of surgical tools. A dilator may be held by the robot and automatically repositioned when the surgeon adjusts a trajectory for performing the surgery. The dilator itself may be used as a surgical instrument guide along with dilator adaptors that adjust the diameter of a portion of the dilator to allow for different sized tools to be guided by the dilator. Alternatively, surgical instrument guides may also be held by the robotic arm such that tools are guided by a surgical instrument guide through the dilator to perform a medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: KB Medical, SA
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Billy Nussbaumer, Jimmy Villard
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
    Publication number: 20150366624
    Abstract: Minimally invasive surgical techniques are used to obtain access to vertebrae while protecting soft tissues in the surrounding area. The dilators may be used to provide a working channel through which the operation is performed. Standard dilators may be used with a robotic surgical system to provide precise guidance of surgical tools. A dilator may be held by the robot and automatically repositioned when the surgeon adjusts a trajectory for performing the surgery. The dilator itself may be used as a surgical instrument guide along with dilator adaptors that adjust the diameter of a portion of the dilator to allow for different sized tools to be guided by the dilator. Alternatively, surgical instrument guides may also be held by the robotic arm such that tools are guided by a surgical instrument guide through the dilator to perform a medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Billy Nussbaumer, Jimmy Villard