Patents by Inventor Régis Rieu

Régis Rieu 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).

  • Semi-automatic suture device for using surgical thread
    Patent number: 7270671
    Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable device for semiautomatic suturing using a surgical thread, the suturing enabling biological and/or artificial tissues to be united, the device comprising: blocking means enabling two strands of the thread of a suture to be connected together in a blocking zone; a bearing element having a bearing surface for bearing against the tissues to be sutured together; and controlled tensioning means for applying controlled tensioning to said thread, and suitable, after the two strands of said thread have been blocked together using said blocking means, for exerting a tension at a first predetermined tension value, with the junction between said bearing element and said blocking zone of the device being provided by said controlled tensioning means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignees: Unversite de la Mediterranee (Aix-Marseille II), Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Jean Fuseri, Yves Alimi, Frédéreic Mouret, Vincent Garitey, Régis Rieu
  • Semi-automatic suture device for using surgical thread
    Publication number: 20050240203
    Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable device for semiautomatic suturing using a surgical thread, the suturing enabling biological and/or artificial tissues to be united, the device comprising: blocking means enabling two strands of the thread of a suture to be connected together in a blocking zone; a bearing element having a bearing surface for bearing against the tissues to be sutured together; and controlled tensioning means for applying controlled tensioning to said thread, and suitable, after the two strands of said thread have been blocked together using said blocking means, for exerting a tension at a first predetermined tension value, with the junction between said bearing element and said blocking zone of the device being provided by said controlled tensioning means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY DE LA MEDITERRANEE (Aix-Marseille II)
    Inventors: Jean Fuseri, Yves Alimi, Frederic Mouret, Vincent Garitey, Regis Rieu
  • Intravascular stent intended in particular for angioplasty
    Patent number: 6264686
    Abstract: An expandable, open-work intravascular stent, having a variable-length of generatrices and an arrangement of radiopaque marker points, is particularly suited for angioplasty as the stent reinforces vessels at bifurcation points while maintaining satisfactory hydrodynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventors: Régis Rieu, Patrice Bergeron