Patents by Inventor Yves Catonne

Yves Catonne 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).

  • Publication number: 20160100950
    Abstract: A method for assembling a total knee prosthesis is described, wherein portions of femoral and tibial implants, which are referred to as common portions and are each attachable in a femur and in a tibia of a knee, respectively, are assembled, and interchangeable portions are selected for adjustable assembly onto said common portions for each implant, respectively, depending on the type of prosthesis desired, some for a first posterior stabilization assembly configuration, and the others for a second rotary hinge assembly configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Euros
    Inventors: Yves Catonne, José Gadea, Christophe Lecoq
  • Patent number: 6210443
    Abstract: Knee prosthetic, incorporating a prosthetic femoral component designed to be fixed to the furthest or nearest extremity, of the femur, a tibial prosthetic component designed to be fixed to the nearest or upper extremity of the tibia and at least one intermediary mobile meniscoid prosthetic involving a lower surface working together by sliding with the complementary upper surface of the tibial component, and at least one upper concave surface working together by sliding with a lower condyloid convex surface of the femoral component, characterised by the fact that the upper surface of the tibial component and the lower surface of the meniscoid component are flat and sloped in the same angle from the top at the rear towards the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Aesculap
    Inventors: Pascal Marceaux, Jean-François Biegun, Jean-Yves Jenny, Laurent Barba, Jacques Hummer, Yves Catonne, Jean-Paul Barthelemy, Rolf Miehlke, Dominique Saragaglia