Patents by Inventor Gérard Grynblat

Gérard Grynblat 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: 6190416
    Abstract: This orthopedic assembly has a connection between the ancillary tool and the stem or raspatory that allows both the raspatory and the femoral stem to be positioned in the intramedullary channel of a femur by means of the same ancillary tool. The connector includes a tapped hole extending from the bottom of a conical recess in the femoral end of the stem, or of the raspatory, and a threaded projection provided on the ancillary tool and designed to be screwed into the tapped hole. The bottom of the conical recess in the raspatory and in the stem has a profiled indentation whose edge includes alternating concave and convex curves and is designed to receive a male indexing part of a corresponding profile arranged on the end of the removable neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Groupe Grion
    Inventors: Michel Choteau, Gérard Grynblat, Joël Letendart, Henri Mathevon, Philippe Stahl, Jacques Van Overschelde, Philippe Vigier