Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITIES DE LA MEDITERRANEE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20050187290
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical fields of biology, pharmacology and medicine. The invention is suitable for use in particular in the human and animal health fields. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of a cAMP modulator in the preparation of compositions that are intended for the prevention or treatment of peripheral neuropathies. The invention further relates to tools and kits to prepare the aforementioned compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: UNIVERSITIES DE LA MEDITERRANEE
    Inventors: Michel Fontes, Edith Passage, Veronique Sanquedolce, Jean-Chretien Noreel