Patents by Inventor Fabien Gauchet

Fabien Gauchet 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).

  • Patent number: 7316684
    Abstract: A multiaxial connection osteosynthesis system for the spine having a bone anchor, a connector and a connecting member. The bone anchor may be implanted into a vertebral body with a connector being attached to a head of the bone anchor. The connector includes a seat for receiving the connecting member. As the connecting member is locked into position it causes walls of the connector to inwardly deform and lock the head of the bone anchor relative to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Frédéric Conchy, Fabien Gauchet, Régis Le Couedic, Denis Pasquet, Pierre Henri Saint Martin, Michéle Turner-Domergue, Cécile Vienney
  • Patent number: 6733532
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis comprising two plates and a cushion interposed between the plates is contemplated. The cushion includes a compressible body having two ends in contact with the plates. At least one of the ends is freely displaceable relative to the plate in a parallel direction. Thus, the prosthesis imitates and approximates the mechanical properties of a healthy natural intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Fabien Gauchet, Régis Le Couedic
  • Patent number: 6585737
    Abstract: The invention concerns a spinal osteosynthesis system comprising a rod, a vertebral member including two branches capable of receiving the rod between them, a collar for preventing the branches from being spaced, and a lock for clamping the rod, the lock being freely rotatable on the collar. Either one of the collar or the lock is capable of receiving the other of the flange or the lock for mounting the lock on the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Fabien Gauchet, Cécile Vienney
  • Patent number: 6582468
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis comprising two opposing plates and a flexible seal extending between the two opposing plates for forming a closed chamber between the two plates, the flexible seal being adapted to enable the plates to move relative to one another. The disc prosthesis also includes a compressible body disposed in the closed chamber and located between the plates. The compressible body has a first surface in contact with a face of one of the plates, whereby an area of contact between the first surface of the compressible body and the face of the one of the plates increases when compressive forces are exerted upon the compressible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Spryker Spine
    Inventor: Fabien Gauchet
  • Patent number: 6582466
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis includes two opposing plates, a flexible seal extending between the two plates for forming a fluid-tight chamber between the two plates, a first fluid provided in the chamber, and a compressible body provided in the first fluid in the chamber, whereby the compressible body has greater resistance to compression forces than the first fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventor: Fabien Gauchet
  • Patent number: 6579320
    Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising two plates and a cushion interposed between the plates is contemplated. The cushion includes a compressible body having two ends in contact with the plates. At least one of the plates comprises at least one stud for stressing the body along a direction not parallel to a main access of the prosthesis and mobile relative to the body. Thus the prosthesis imitates and approximates the mechanical properties of a healthy natural intervertebral disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Stryker Spine
    Inventors: Fabien Gauchet, Pierre-Henri Saint-Martin, William Kelly
  • Patent number: 6527803
    Abstract: The intersomatic spine implant comprises a body, at least one anchoring element movable relative to the body to project from a contact face of the body making contact with a vertebra, and at least one cam slidable relative to the body and suitable for displacing the anchoring element relative to the body by the effect of a ramp engaging the anchoring element. The cam and the anchoring element are arranged so that the cam moves the anchoring element in two opposite displacement directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Dimso (Distribution Medicale Du Sud-Ouest)
    Inventors: Yves Crozet, Régis Le Couedic, Fabien Gauchet, Denis Pasquet
  • Patent number: 6527804
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis comprising two plates and a cushion interposed between the plates is contemplated. The cushion includes a compressible body having two ends in contact with the plates. At least one of the ends is freely displaceable relative to the plate in a parallel direction. Thus, the prosthesis imitates and approximates the mechanical properties of a healthy natural intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: DIMSO (Distribution Medicale du Sud-Quest)
    Inventors: Fabien Gauchet, Régis Le Couedic
  • Patent number: 6395032
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis includes two opposing plates and a flexible seal extending between the two plates for forming a closed chamber therebetween. The disc prosthesis also includes a liquid provided in the chamber and a body disposed in the liquid and the chamber, the body having a plurality of pores at an outer surface thereof and cavities extending from the pores into the body. The liquid and the body are selected from materials so that said liquid does not normally wet to said cavities and compressive energy must be applied to the liquid for forcing the liquid into the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: DIMSO (Distribution Medicale Du Sud-Ouest)
    Inventor: Fabien Gauchet