Patents by Inventor Florent MIQUEL
Florent MIQUEL 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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Patent number: 11642238Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Panthera Dental Inc.Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Patent number: 11583298Abstract: A bone resection guide for removal of a portion of a bone of a patient. The bone resection guide includes a resecting section and a drilling section. The resecting section has a bone-facing surface, an extension engaging surface, opposed to the bone-facing surface, and at least one resecting slot extending therethrough between the bone-facing surface and the extension engaging surface. The drilling section has a connecting surface, a tool engaging surface, opposed to the connecting surface, and a plurality of guiding bores extending therethrough from the tool engaging surface to the connecting surface. The drilling section is engageable with the resecting section with the connecting surface of the drilling section facing the extension engaging surface of the resecting section and the plurality of guiding bores being aligned with the at least one resecting slot when the drilling and resecting sections are engaged and secured together.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Marc Bédard
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Publication number: 20220087855Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Patent number: 11166840Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Panthera Dental Inc.Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Publication number: 20200246027Abstract: A bone resection guide for removal of a portion of a bone of a patient. The bone resection guide includes a resecting section and a drilling section. The resecting section has a bone-facing surface, an extension engaging surface, opposed to the bone-facing surface, and at least one resecting slot extending therethrough between the bone-facing surface and the extension engaging surface. The drilling section has a connecting surface, a tool engaging surface, opposed to the connecting surface, and a plurality of guiding bores extending therethrough from the tool engaging surface to the connecting surface. The drilling section is engageable with the resecting section with the connecting surface of the drilling section facing the extension engaging surface of the resecting section and the plurality of guiding bores being aligned with the at least one resecting slot when the drilling and resecting sections are engaged and secured together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Marc Bédard
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Patent number: 10667829Abstract: A bone resection guide for the resection of a bone of a patient. The bone resection guide comprises a body and a resection alignment guide. The body extends between a tool engaging surface and a bone-facing surface superposable to the bone of the patient and is removably securable to the bone of the patient with the bone facing surface superposed thereto. The resection alignment guide defines at least one resection plane and extends along a resection path. The resection alignment guide comprises a plurality of guiding bores extending from the tool engaging surface into at least a section of the body, along the resection path. A method for performing a resection of a portion of a bone of a patient is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Marc Bédard
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Patent number: 10588721Abstract: A dental prosthesis attachment system is for an endosseous dental implant. The dental prosthesis attachment system includes: a removable dental prosthesis; a dental prosthesis portion secured to the removable dental prosthesis; and a dental implant portion securable to the dental implant and removably engageable with the dental prosthesis portion. The dental prosthesis portion includes an open-ended dental prosthesis sleeve having an outer surface and an inner cavity. The outer surface is secured to the dental prosthesis and the inner cavity is lined with a retention material defining an inner peripheral wall having at least one of a protrusion and a recess. The dental implant portion includes an attachment pillar removably insertable within the inner cavity of the dental prosthesis portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PANTHERA DENTAL INC.Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel
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Publication number: 20190336323Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Patent number: 10390990Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Panthera Dental Inc.Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Patent number: 9864037Abstract: A phantom for a medical imaging system with a matrix of spherical hollow elements is provided, with adjacent ones of the elements of a same row being interconnected by and in fluid communication through a hollow tube extending therebetween, with each element being filled with a contrasting solution. Also, a phantom is provided having a plurality of groups of interconnected hollow elements received within a sealed enclosure with the elements of a same one of the groups being in fluid communication with one another and the elements of different ones of the groups being sealed from one another, and the elements of at least one of the groups being filled with a fluid more contrasting than the fluid filling the elements of at least another one of the groups. A method of correcting patient images is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Florent Miquel
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Patent number: 9827104Abstract: There is provided a device for supporting an object during machining thereof, the object having a first object surface having a patient-specific configuration and a second object surface opposite the first object surface. The device comprises a support member adapted to support the object, the support member having a support surface shaped using patient-specific modeling and configured to matingly engage at least a portion of the first object surface for exposing the second object surface for machining thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Florent Miquel, Philippe Myrand-Lapointe
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Publication number: 20160192949Abstract: A bone resection guide for the resection of a bone of a patient. The bone resection guide comprises a body and a resection alignment guide. The body extends between a tool engaging surface and a bone-facing surface superposable to the bone of the patient and is removably securable to the bone of the patient with the bone facing surface superposed thereto. The resection alignment guide defines at least one resection plane and extends along a resection path. The resection alignment guide comprises a plurality of guiding bores extending from the tool engaging surface into at least a section of the body, along the resection path. A method for performing a resection of a portion of a bone of a patient is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Marc Bédard
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Publication number: 20150359637Abstract: There is provided a method for texturing at least one object surface of a machined object for placement at an articular joint, the articular joint having a bodily fluid flowing therethrough. The method comprises at least one of machining a plurality of spaced macro-sized cavities on the at least one object surface, each one of the plurality of cavities configured to retain the bodily fluid therein, and machining a plurality of micro-sized ridges on the at least one object surface, each one of the plurality of ridges con figured to guide the bodily fluid on the at least one object surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Florent MIQUEL, Jean ROBICHAUD
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Publication number: 20150335401Abstract: A dental prosthesis attachment system is for an endosseous dental implant. The dental prosthesis attachment system includes: a removable dental prosthesis; a dental prosthesis portion secured to the removable dental prosthesis; and a dental implant portion securable to the dental implant and removably engageable with the dental prosthesis portion. The dental prosthesis portion includes an open-ended dental prosthesis sleeve having an outer surface and an inner cavity. The outer surface is secured to the dental prosthesis and the inner cavity is lined with a retention material defining an inner peripheral wall having at least one of a protrusion and a recess. The dental implant portion includes an attachment pillar removably insertable within the inner cavity of the dental prosthesis portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Jean ROBICHAUD, Florent MIQUEL
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Publication number: 20150297350Abstract: An orthopedic implant to cover at least partially a surface of a bone of a patient. The orthopedic implant comprises a body having at least one retaining section, a bone-facing surface, and an articular surface. The at least one retaining section is configured to retain the orthopedic implant on the surface of the patient's bone along at least one axis by covering a corresponding retaining surface thereof. The bone-facing surface of at least one of the at least one retaining section nestingly conforms to an unresected portion of the surface of the bone of the patient. A method for conceiving and implanting an orthopedic implant is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Florent Miquel, Marc Bédard, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin
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Publication number: 20150250642Abstract: A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: Florent Miquel
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Publication number: 20150224616Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for machining a workpiece having a plurality of faces. The apparatus comprises a machine frame, a cutting tool mounted to the machine frame, a support member, a first connecting member interconnecting the machine frame to the support member and defining a relative rotation between the support member and the machine frame about first and second transverse axes, and a second connecting member engaged to the support member and configured to retain the workpiece, the second connecting member being rotatable with respect to the first connecting member about a third axis for exposing alternate ones of the plurality of faces of the retained workpiece to the cutting tool, the third axis extending along a direction different than respective directions of the first and second axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Florent Miquel, Jean Robichaud
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Publication number: 20150164644Abstract: There is provided a device for supporting an object during machining thereof, the object having a first object surface having a patient-specific configuration and a second object surface opposite the first object surface. The device comprises a support member adapted to support the object, the support member having a support surface shaped using patient-specific modeling and configured to matingly engage at least a portion of the first object surface for exposing the second object surface for machining thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Florent Miquel, Philippe Myrand-Lapointe
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Patent number: D752222Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Marc Bedard, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Florent Miquel
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Patent number: D753307Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC.Inventors: Jean Robichaud, Marc Bedard, Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin, Florent Miquel