Patents by Inventor Louis A. Benoist

Louis A. Benoist 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: 5741251
    Abstract: A fixator for stabilizing bone fragments in a fractured radius bone comprising a template having at least three holes, and preferably at least six holes, positioned in the template for receiving wires which when passed through the holes and into bone fragments will hold the bone fragments in position in a preferred shape while the bone fragments are mending. The positioning of the holes in the template are designed in accordance with the golden ratio holding the bone fragments in a most pleasing shape while mending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Inventor: Louis Benoist
  • Patent number: 5591169
    Abstract: A bone organizer or template for positioning K-wires or the like in bone fragments and holding the K-wires in place while the fracture mends is described. The invention also provides a simplified method of reducing a distal radius fracture by placing a plurality of K-wires into the bone fragments of the fracture in a plurality of planes, and after the K-wires are inserted into the bone fragments, they are inserted into a bone organizer and anchored in place to the bone organizer to hold the bone fragments together while mending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Louis Benoist
  • Patent number: 5476467
    Abstract: A surgical tool for driving a K-wire into bone fragment or bone with gentle but forceful precision is described. The tool provides for the driving of the K-wire with a slap hammer action while rotating the wire. The tool is of simple construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Inventor: Louis A. Benoist