Patents by Inventor Alain Soulie

Alain Soulie 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).

  • Apparatus for the curettage or exeresis of biological tissues by means of an instrument vibrating at ultrasound frequencies
    Patent number: 4804364
    Abstract: Ultrasound apparatus intended for the curettage or exeresis of biological tissues by irrigation of a liquid subject to cavitation and by suction of the disaggregated tissues, the apparatus comprising a hand-piece containing a transducer which is mechanically coupled to a vibrating instrument or sonotrode. Said apparatus is characterized in that the handpiece (1) is traversed in the longitudinal direction by a section conduit (15,24) connected on the one hand to a suction connector (3) provided at the backend of the end piece (1), and one the other hand to the internal part of the suction sonotrode (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: SATELEC
    Inventors: Francis Dieras, Alain Soulie, Jean-Louis Larrieu, Bernard Escanecrabe