Patents by Inventor Frederic Desmoulins

Frederic Desmoulins 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).

  • Method of preparing an image for use in production of a knee brace and a tibial contour gauge and an image alignment guide for use in said method
    Patent number: 9924891
    Abstract: An image alignment guide for producing images for producing a knee brace has an arm carrying a focal angle tube, a mechanism for positioning the arm against the lateral side of the leg of a patient, and a mechanism for setting the level of the brace. The guide is used in method of preparing such images involving taking images with the image alignment guide against the lateral side of a patient's leg at an anterior-posterior mid-line thereof with the focal angle tube at the side of the knee and at a distance therefrom, respectively, measuring the length of the patient's leg from the patella center to a position on the leg at which a shell of a brace to be produced is to be located, measuring the crest of the tibia using a tibial contour guide and sending all images, readings and measurements obtained to a knee brace manufacturer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Townsend Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven S. Knecht, Frederic Desmoulins
  • METHOD OF PREPARING AN IMAGE FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF A KNEE BRACE AND A TIBIAL CONTOUR GAUGE AND AN IMAGE ALIGNMETN GUIDE FOR USE IN SAID METHOD
    Publication number: 20150257678
    Abstract: An image alignment guide for producing images for producing a knee brace has an arm carrying a focal angle tube, a mechanism for positioning the arm against the lateral side of the leg of a patient, and a mechanism for setting the level of the brace. The guide is used in method of preparing such images involving taking images with the image alignment guide against the lateral side of a patient's leg at an anterior-posterior mid-line thereof with the focal angle tube at the side of the knee and at a distance therefrom, respectively, measuring the length of the patient's leg from the patella center to a position on the leg at which a shell of a brace to be produced is to be located, measuring the crest of the tibia using a tibial contour guide and sending all images, readings and measurements obtained to a knee brace manufacturer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Townsend Industries, Inc. d/b/a Townsend Design
    Inventors: Steven S. Knecht, Frederic Desmoulins