Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR (ULP)
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Patent number: 8603388Abstract: The invention concerns a method for obtaining a metal implant for open porosity tissue support and/or replacement, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (i) selecting a mould, (ii) arranging in the mould a solid metal core (7), (iii) filling the volume of the mould (1) still available with a powder of microspheres (3), (iv) consolidating the microspheres (3) with each other as well as with said at least one solid core (7) by electrical discharge sintering.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Protip SAS, Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP), Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, André Walder
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Patent number: 8551168Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve device designed to be implanted in a dysfunctional larynx or in a prosthetic larynx. The valve device has a distal portion forming an annular support structure and a central portion forming an obturator. The obturator includes i) a peripheral part forming a first valve integral with the annular support structure in a first hinge region, and ii) a central part forming a second valve integral with the first valve in a second hinge region.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Protip SAS, Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP), Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, André Walder, Roland Duffait, Sylvain Lefebvre, Claudia Blank
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Publication number: 20110106251Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve device designed to be implanted in a dysfunctional larynx or in a prosthetic larynx, said device comprising a distal portion forming an annular support structure and a central portion forming an obturator, characterized in that said obturator comprises i) a peripheral part forming a first valve integral with the annular support structure in a first hinge region, and ii) a central part forming a second valve integral with the first valve in a second hinge region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicants: PROTIP SAS, UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR (ULP), HOPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE STRASBOURG (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, André Walder, Roland Duffait, Sylvain Lefebvre, Claudia Blank
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Publication number: 20100023125Abstract: An implant being urged to be positioned between the thyroid cartilage (22) and a vocal cord (20) so as to displace the latter in order to restore the speech to a patient, characterized in that it comprises: i) a “prosthesis” (3) being urged to rest on the muscle of the vocal cord (20), ii) a “counterplate” (5) resting on the internal wall of the thyroid cartilage (22), and iii) a liking element (7) of the prosthesis (3) and the counterplate (5), said counterplate (5) being mobile on said at least one linking element (7), thus enabling the adjustment of the distance D between the prosthesis (3) and the counterplate (5) to maintain the implant (1) in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: PROTIP SAS, UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR (ULP), HÔPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE STRASBOURG (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, André Walder, Philippe Schultz
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Publication number: 20090253099Abstract: The invention concerns a method for obtaining a metal implant for open porosity tissue support and/or replacement, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (i) selecting a mould, (ii) arranging in the mould a solid metal core (7), (iii) filling the volume of the mould (1) still available with a powder of microspheres (3), (iv) consolidating the microspheres (3) with each other as well as with said at least one solid core (7) by electrical discharge sintering.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2006Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: PROTIP SAS, UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR (ULP), HÔPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE STRASBOURG (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, André Walder
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Publication number: 20090054979Abstract: The invention concerns a phonatory implant (1) consisting of a central portion (3) forming a hollow cylindrical body having at each of its ends a lateral portion (5, 7) forming a shoulder or flange, said implant (1) being urged to be positioned in an opening or fistula running through the tracheoesophageal wall (9), each lateral portion (5, 7) abutting respectively at the inner surfaces of the walls of the trachea (13) and of the esophagus (11) so as to maintain the implant (1) in position, said phonatory implant (1) consisting of at least two parts (A, B), at least one of the two parts being called mobile part (B), and each lateral portion (5, 7) being arranged on a different part of the implant (1) so as to enable the implant to be inserted through an opening of reduced size corresponding to the diameter of the central portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicants: PROTIP SAS, Universite Louis Pasteur (ULP), Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS)Inventors: Christian Debry, Andre Walder