Patents by Inventor Frederic Gueissaz

Frederic Gueissaz 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).

  • Publication number: 20250134562
    Abstract: A bone T-plate, including: a plate head with a plurality of head screw holes, a plurality of suture holes, and a plurality of funnel openings, wherein the plurality of head screw holes are spaced along a length of the plate head, the plurality of funnel openings are each associated with one of the plurality of suture holes, the plurality of funnel openings are on a lower surface of the plate head that is configured to contact a bone, the plurality of funnel openings have a wide portion at a first edge of the plate head, a narrow portion at its associated suture hole, and extend from the first edge to its associated suture hole, and the plurality of suture holes are spaced along the length of the plate head and each arranged in position aligned between two of the plurality of head screw holes along the length of the plate head; and a plate shaft extending from a second edge of the plate head, wherein the second edge is opposite the first edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Frederic Gueissaz, Henri Defossez, Martin Altmann, Roger Koch
  • Patent number: 11911048
    Abstract: A drill guide handle configured to engage a variable angle drill guide, including: a handle grip; a first cannula extending from a proximal end of the drill guide handle to a distal end of the drill guide handle, wherein the first cannula is configured to provide a zero degree insertion angle for a drill bit; and a body including: a first tab and a second tab wherein the first and second tabs include a first and second tab protrusion, respectively, wherein each of the first tab and the second is configured to flex so that the first and second tab protrusions engage a horizontal groove on a variable angle drill guide; and a body protrusion on an inner surface of the body, wherein the body protrusion is configured to engage a vertical grove on the variable angle drill guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael McGurk, Henri Défossez, Simon Wampfler, Gregor Spreiter, Frederic Gueissaz, Marcel Schweizer, Said Ghammar, Andreas Baeriswyl, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel
  • Publication number: 20230172621
    Abstract: A drill guide handle configured to engage a variable angle drill guide, including: a handle grip; a first cannula extending from a proximal end of the drill guide handle to a distal end of the drill guide handle, wherein the first cannula is configured to provide a zero degree insertion angle for a drill bit; and a body including: a first tab and a second tab wherein the first and second tabs include a first and second tab protrusion, respectively, wherein each of the first tab and the second is configured to flex so that the first and second tab protrusions engage a horizontal groove on a variable angle drill guide; and a body protrusion on an inner surface of the body, wherein the body protrusion is configured to engage a vertical grove on the variable angle drill guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Michael McGurk, Henri Défossez, Simon Wampfler, Gregor Spreiter, Frederic Gueissaz, Marcel Schweizer, Said Ghammar, Andreas Baeriswyl, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel