Patents by Inventor Georges Yves Laflamme

Georges Yves Laflamme 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).

  • ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION COMPONENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150057710
    Abstract: An orthopaedic fixation component attachable to a femur, said femur defining a femur shaft, a femur head and a femur neck extending therebetween, said femur further defining a greater trochanter limiting laterally said femur neck, said orthopaedic fixation component comprising: a shaft section fixation portion and an end section fixation portion extending substantially longitudinally therefrom, said shaft section and end section fixation portions being respectively securable to said femur shaft and said greater trochanter; said end section fixation portion including a pair of end arms, said end arms being configured, sized and positioned to delimit a trochanter receiving recess for receiving a prominent portion of said greater trochanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yvan Petit, Georges-Yves Laflamme, Yan Bourgeois
  • Orthopaedic fixation component and method
    Patent number: 8894693
    Abstract: An orthopaedic fixation component attachable to a femur, said femur defining a femur shaft, a femur head and a femur neck extending therebetween, said femur further defining a greater trochanter limiting laterally said femur neck, said orthopaedic fixation component comprising: a shaft section fixation portion and an end section fixation portion extending substantially longitudinally therefrom, said shaft section and end section fixation portions being respectively securable to said femur shaft and said greater trochanter; said end section fixation portion including a pair of end arms, said end arms being configured, sized and positioned to delimit a trochanter receiving recess for substantially fittingly receiving a prominent portion of said greater trochanter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Valorisation Recherche HSCM, Limited Partnership, Ecole de Technologie Superieure
    Inventors: Yvan Petit, Georges Yves Laflamme, Yan Bourgeois
  • Orthopaedic fixation component and method
    Publication number: 20090312758
    Abstract: An orthopaedic fixation component attachable to a femur, said femur defining a femur shaft, a femur head and a femur neck extending therebetween, said femur further defining a greater trochanter limiting laterally said femur neck, said orthopaedic fixation component comprising: a shaft section fixation portion and an end section fixation portion extending substantially longitudinally therefrom, said shaft section and end section fixation portions being respectively securable to said femur shaft and said greater trochanter; said end section fixation portion including a pair of end arms, said end arms being configured, sized and positioned to delimit a trochanter receiving recess for substantially fittingly receiving a prominent portion of said greater trochanter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Yvan Petit, Georges Yves Laflamme, Yan Bourgeois