Patents by Inventor Andre Jansen
Andre Jansen 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).
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Publication number: 20230366437Abstract: A coupling for attaching a transmission to a drive shaft includes a circumferential intermediate piece including a drive-side flange, an output-side flange which is axially connected fixedly to the drive-side flange, and longitudinal webs connecting the drive-side flange to the output-side flange and configured in one piece with the drive-side flange and with the output-side flange. Each longitudinal web is configured in one piece or in two pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Flender GmbHInventors: DANIEL FLASWINKEL, ANDRE JANSEN
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Patent number: 11812974Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Alain Richard, Yannick Boutin, Joel Zuhars, Yonik Breton, Karine Duval, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Catherine Proulx, Myriam Valin
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Publication number: 20230220886Abstract: A double-jointed coupling includes a carrier ring with an internal tooth arrangement, a hollow pinion shaft connected to the internal tooth arrangement of the carrier ring, and an intermediate shaft with a coupling tooth arrangement for engagement in the internal tooth arrangement. The coupling tooth arrangement is constructed on the intermediate shaft such as to enable passage of the intermediate shaft through the hollow pinion shaft for passage through the hollow pinion shaft. A thrust ring is arranged on the intermediate shaft in a region of the coupling tooth arrangement and constructed for passage through the hollow pinion shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Flender GmbHInventors: ANDRE JANSEN, MICHAEL SCHNUCKLAKE
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Publication number: 20220387111Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for obtaining a distance between at least two fixed points relative to a bone comprises a first accelerometer unit located at a first fixed location on the bone, and producing first acceleration data during a movement of the bone. A second accelerometer unit is located at a second fixed location on the bone, and simultaneously producing second acceleration data during the movement. A gyroscope unit is fixed to the bone and simultaneously producing angular rates of change of said movement. A processor unit obtains the acceleration data and the angular rates of change for calculating the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position on the bone using a distance value of a distance vector between the accelerometer units. An interface outputs the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position relative to the bone. A method for calculating a distance between at least two points on a bone is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Bruno FALARDEAU, Catherine PROULX, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Jonathan TARDIF
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Patent number: 11446093Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for obtaining a distance between at least two fixed points relative to a bone comprises a first accelerometer unit located at a first fixed location on the bone, and producing first acceleration data during a movement of the bone. A second accelerometer unit is located at a second fixed location on the bone, and simultaneously producing second acceleration data during the movement. A gyroscope unit is fixed to the bone and simultaneously producing angular rates of change of said movement. A processor unit obtains the acceleration data and the angular rates of change for calculating the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position on the bone using a distance value of a distance vector between the accelerometer units. An interface outputs the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position relative to the bone. A method for calculating a distance between at least two points on a bone is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Catherine Proulx, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Jonathan Tardif
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Patent number: 11359673Abstract: A package of laminations includes a plurality of lamella segments, which are arranged in layers and embodied to be connected together as ring segments. Each of the lamella segments has a plurality of cutouts and at least one of the lamella segments has at least three cutouts. The lamella segments are interconnected via sleeves. A method for manufacturing a package of laminations, a multi-plate coupling employing the package of laminations and an industrial application using the package of laminations are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: FLENDER GMBHInventors: Andre Jansen, Stefan Kleinewegen, Marcel Reidl, Günter Scheithauer
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Publication number: 20220133333Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Yannick BOUTIN, Joel ZUHARS, Yonik BRETON, Karine DUVAL, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Catherine PROULX, Myriam VALIN
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Patent number: 11311339Abstract: A CAS system and method for guiding an operator in inserting a femoral implant in a femur as a function of a limb length and orientation of the femoral implant with respect to the femur, comprising a reference tool for the femur, a registration tool, a bone altering tool and a sensing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventors: Herbert Andre Jansen, Louis-Philippe Amiot, Isabelle Fontaine, Sebastien Jutras, Daniel Odermatt, Benoit Pelletier
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Patent number: 11245350Abstract: An electrical machine has a braking element and a release device. A rotor of the electrical machine includes the braking element and release device. The electrical machine is located, for example, in a rail vehicle. In order to brake the rotor of the electrical machine in the event of an error in the drive train, an overload torque is generated by the electrical machine. An overload clutch is triggered by the overload torque.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbHInventors: Christoph Adam, Olaf Budig, Hartmut Frank, Andre Jansen, Olaf Koerner
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Patent number: 11224443Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Alain Richard, Yannick Boutin, Joel Zuhars, Yonik Breton, Karine Duval, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Catherine Proulx, Myriam Valin
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Patent number: 11090170Abstract: A method for assisting in positioning the acetabular cup comprises orienting a cup positioning instrument with a cup thereon in an initial reference orientation relative to an acetabulum of a pelvis with the cup forming a joint with the acetabulum, the cup positioning instrument comprising an inertial sensor unit with pre-planned orientation data for a desired cup orientation based on at least one landmark of the pelvis, The cup positioning instrument is rotated to a desired abduction angle as guided by an interface of the cup positioning instrument, based on movements relative to at least one landmark. The cup positioning instrument is rotated to a desired anteversion angle as guided by the interface of the cup positioning instrument, based on movements relative to the at least one landmark. Upon reaching the desired cup orientation as indicated by the interface, the cup is impacted into the acetabulum.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Di Li, Louis-Philippe Amiot, Herbert Andre Jansen, Francois Paradis, Isabelle Robitaille, Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval, Myriam Valin, Yvan Leone, Yonik Breton, Benoit Pelletier, Mathieu Chevrier, Jerome Casaubon
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Publication number: 20210015557Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for obtaining a distance between at least two fixed points relative to a bone comprises a first accelerometer unit located at a first fixed location on the bone, and producing first acceleration data during a movement of the bone. A second accelerometer unit is located at a second fixed location on the bone, and simultaneously producing second acceleration data during the movement. A gyroscope unit is fixed to the bone and simultaneously producing angular rates of change of said movement. A processor unit obtains the acceleration data and the angular rates of change for calculating the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position on the bone using a distance value of a distance vector between the accelerometer units. An interface outputs the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position relative to the bone. A method for calculating a distance between at least two points on a bone is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Bruno FALARDEAU, Catherine PROULX, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Jonathan TARDIF
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Patent number: 10835319Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for obtaining a distance between at least two fixed points relative to a bone comprises a first accelerometer unit located at a first fixed location on the bone, and producing first acceleration data during a movement of the bone. A second accelerometer unit is located at a second fixed location on the bone, and simultaneously producing second acceleration data during the movement. A gyroscope unit is fixed to the bone and simultaneously producing angular rates of change of said movement. A processor unit obtains the acceleration data and the angular rates of change for calculating the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position on the bone using a distance value of a distance vector between the accelerometer units. An interface outputs the distance between the first fixed position and the second fixed position relative to the bone. A method for calculating a distance between at least two points on a bone is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Catherine Proulx, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Jonathan Tardif
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Publication number: 20200318688Abstract: A package of laminations includes a plurality of lamella segments, which are arranged in layers and embodied to be connected together as ring segments. Each of the lamella segments has a plurality of cutouts and at least one of the lamella segments has at least three cutouts. The lamella segments are interconnected via sleeves. A method for manufacturing a package of laminations, a multi-plate coupling employing the package of laminations and an industrial application using the disclosed type of coupling are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Flender GmbHInventors: ANDRE JANSEN, STEFAN KLEINEWEGEN, MARCEL REIDL, GÜNTER SCHEITHAUER
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Publication number: 20190307509Abstract: A CAS system and method for guiding an operator in inserting a femoral implant in a femur as a function of a limb length and orientation of the femoral implant with respect to the femur, comprising a reference tool for the femur, a registration tool, a bone altering tool and a sensing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Herbert Andre JANSEN, Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Isabelle FONTAINE, Sebastien JUTRAS, Daniel ODERMATT, Benoit PELLETIER
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Publication number: 20190282321Abstract: A cup impactor assembly comprises a shaft. A cup coupler is at a cup end of the shaft and is releasably connecting a cup in fixed relation. A handle is at an impacting end of the shaft. A visual guide is mounted to at least one of the shaft and the handle, the visual guide producing visual guidance for pointing at at least two landmarks of the pelvis or fixed relative to the pelvis, based on a pre-planned patient-specific relation between the at least two landmarks and a desired acetabular cup orientation relative to the landmarks. A method for orienting an acetabular cup prior to impacting in an acetabulum of a pelvis is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Herbert Andre JANSEN, Di LI, Karine DUVAL, Bruno FALARDEAU, Francois PARADIS, Benoit PELLETIER
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Publication number: 20190254682Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Yannick BOUTIN, Joel ZUHARS, Yonik BRETON, Karine DUVAL, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Catherine PROULX, Myriam VALIN
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Patent number: 10385925Abstract: The invention relates to a clutch hub. The clutch hub (1) comprises a hub body (2) with an axial passage opening (4) for receiving a shaft (5) and with in each case one face side (3a, 3b) at the two axial ends of the passage opening (4). An internal surface (6) is formed in the passage opening (4), and a flat surface (7a, 7b) annularly surrounding the passage opening (4) is formed on each of the face sides (3a, 3b). The internal surface (6) is covered by an electrical insulation coating (8) in the form of a ceramic coating. The electrical insulation coating (8) also, in continuous fashion, covers a respective annular region (9a, 9b), surrounding the passage opening (4), on the flat surfaces (7a, 7b) and a transition region (10a, 10b) formed between the internal surface (6) and the respective annular region (9a 9b).Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Flender GmbHInventors: Andre Jansen, Jens Proske
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Patent number: 10350022Abstract: A cup impactor assembly comprises a shaft. A cup coupler is at a cup end of the shaft and is releasably connecting a cup in fixed relation. A handle is at an impacting end of the shaft. A visual guide is mounted to at least one of the shaft and the handle, the visual guide producing visual guidance for pointing at at least two landmarks of the pelvis or fixed relative to the pelvis, based on a pre-planned patient-specific relation between the at least two landmarks and a desired acetabular cup orientation relative to the landmarks. A method for orienting an acetabular cup prior to impacting in an acetabulum of a pelvis is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ZIMMER, INC.Inventors: Herbert Andre Jansen, Di Li, Karine Duval, Bruno Falardeau, Francois Paradis, Benoit Pelletier
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Patent number: 10344786Abstract: A quick fastener by means of which at least a first and a second component are connectable to each other. The quick fastener includes a fastening bolt having a fastening thread of a first spiral direction, which is fastenable at the second component, and a compressible pretension element which is fastenable at the first component. The compressible pretension element includes a pretension thread at a radial inner side having a second spiral direction opposite to the first spiral direction, a hollow cylindrical thread element which is screwable with an outer thread at a radial outer side into the pretension thread of the pretension element having an inner thread at its radial inner side into which the fastening thread of the fastening bolt is screwable. At least a constructive rotation protection is provided between the hollow cylindrical thread element and the compressible pretension element. A production method for the quick fastener is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbHInventors: Martin Jodeleit, Hans-Joachim Dembowsky, Jörg Matthes, André Janßen, Torsten Hübner