Patents Assigned to Europlak
  • Patent number: 7457668
    Abstract: A method for remote and nonconnected interaction between an implant having an electrical motor and a transmitter/receiver inverter having an induction source having/connected to a power source for operating the electrical motor including creating modifications in an electromagnetic field by the transmitter/receiver inverter, and transmitting information in the form of binary data from the transmitter/receiver inverter to the implant; and a device for remote and nonconnected interaction with an implant having a transponder including an induction source having/connected to a power source, and means enabling the induction source to create modifications in an electromagnetic field generated in the device to transmit information in the form of binary data to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Europlak
    Inventors: Richard Cancel, Richard Wallace, Gerard Sassi
  • Publication number: 20080275478
    Abstract: A motorized gastric ring or “AGM” including a motor acting on a diameter of the ring and actuated by induction toward an integrated receiving antenna from at least one outer transmitting antenna, wherein the ring includes at least one receiving antenna, the at least one antenna being disoriented relative to a plane extending through the gastric ring, and integrated electronics adapted to substantially optimally use energy received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: EUROPLAK
    Inventors: Laurent Buffard, Arnaud Vassor
  • Patent number: 7217238
    Abstract: A prosthesis for correcting urinary stress incontinence in women including right and left para-urethral hemi-prostheses, each of the hemi-prostheses formed of a biocompatible material and in the form of a strip, one end of the strip having a bulged portion and another end of which is adapted to be attached to the aponeurosis of the rectus muscle of the abdomen, and means for attaching the another end to the aponeurosis of the rectus muscle of the abdomen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Europlak
    Inventors: Richard Cancel, Richard Wallace, Gerard Sassi
  • Publication number: 20050042265
    Abstract: A composition for repairing and cicatrization of cutaneous lesions of chronic or acute wounds including a hydrogel of chitosan, the degree of acetylation of which is no greater than about 40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: EUROPLAK, a corporation of France
    Inventors: Francois Guillot, Alain Domard