Patents by Inventor Arnaud PICARD

Arnaud PICARD 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).

  • Plate distractor and assembly of such a plate distractor and an activation tool
    Patent number: 10736664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plate distractor, particularly a maxillofacial plate distractor, comprising a first (12) and a second (14) fixing plate, a threaded pin (24) mounted in a freely rotatable and translatably fixed manner in relation to the first fixing plate (14), a screwed tube (26) fixed to the second fixing plate (12), a permanent magnet (20) extending in a main direction, which is magnetised transversely to the main direction and mounted in the plate distractor (10) such that the rotation of the magnet (20) on itself, about an axis of rotation (D) parallel to the main axis, causes a relative rotation of the threaded pin (24) in relation to the screwed tube (26), the magnet (20) being arranged close to one of the ends of the plate distractor (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE TECHNIQUES AVANCEES
    Inventors: Hervé Strozyk, Jean Boisson, Lahcen Cherfa, Natacha Kadlub, Arnaud Picard
  • PLATE DISTRACTOR AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH A PLATE DISTRACTOR AND AN ACTIVATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20180360497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plate distractor, particularly a maxillofacial plate distractor, comprising a first (12) and a second (14) fixing plate, a threaded pin (24) mounted in a freely rotatable and translatably fixed manner in relation to the first fixing plate (14), a screwed tube (26) fixed to the second fixing plate (12), a permanent magnet (20) extending in a main direction, which is magnetised transversely to the main direction and mounted in the plate distractor (10) such that the rotation of the magnet (20) on itself, about an axis of rotation (D) parallel to the main axis, causes a relative rotation of the threaded pin (24) in relation to the screwed tube (26), the magnet (20) being arranged close to one of the ends of the plate distractor (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hervé STROZYK, Jean BOISSON, Lahcen CHERFA, Natacha KADLUB, Arnaud PICARD