Patents by Inventor Gilles Walch

Gilles Walch 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: 20240108472
    Abstract: A glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis for implantation in the glenoid of a scapula according to embodiments of the present invention includes a central fixation element; an articular body configured for articulation with a humerus, the articular body comprising a plate, the plate comprising a side configured to be oriented toward the glenoid, the side comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central fixation element comprises a means for mechanically engaging with the central protrusion; a first means for locking rotation of the central fixation element with respect to the glenoid; and a second means for locking rotation of the articular body with respect to the glenoid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Wayne Z. BURKHEAD, JR., Pascal BOILEAU, Gilles WALCH, Pierric DERANSART
  • Publication number: 20240091029
    Abstract: A system for guiding a glenoid prosthesis is disclosed. The system includes a glenoid guide that includes: a guide feature; at least three arms having a first end coupled with the guide feature and a second end disposed away from the guide feature; at least three peripheral pegs, each peripheral peg extending from the second end of a corresponding arm and includes an engagement surface configured to engage the scapula of the patient; and a strut extending laterally from the guide feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tornier SAS
    Inventors: Pierric Deransart, Emmanuel Francois Marie Lizee, Delphine Claire Michelle Henry, Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau
  • Patent number: 11877933
    Abstract: A glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis for implantation in the glenoid of a scapula according to embodiments of the present invention includes a central fixation element; an articular body configured for articulation with a humerus, the articular body comprising a plate, the plate comprising a side configured to be oriented toward the glenoid, the side comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central fixation element comprises a means for mechanically engaging with the central protrusion; a first means for locking rotation of the central fixation element with respect to the glenoid; and a second means for locking rotation of the articular body with respect to the glenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Wayne Z. Burkhead, Jr., Pascal Boileau, Gilles Walch, Pierric Deransart
  • Publication number: 20230414379
    Abstract: Methods of implanting a prosthesis to repair a joint include exposing a first bone of the joint; resecting an end portion of the first bone to form a resected end defining a resection plane; forming a concavity in the resected end portion of the first bone using a shaping tool, the concavity extending at least through a full hemispherical arc; selecting a diameter of the prosthesis to be implanted; and implanting a prosthesis having the selected diameter in the concavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Tornier SAS
    Inventors: Michel HASSLER, Gilles WALCH, Pierric DERANSART, Lucile FERRAND, Pascal BOILEAU
  • Publication number: 20230397999
    Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses are disclosed. In various embodiments, a kit for shoulder surgery can include a partial reaming guide having a patient-matched surface shaped to conform to a scapula of a patient, the partial reaming guide configured to limit glenoid reaming about a reaming axis to only a portion of a glenoid; and an anchor peg channel guide having a patient-matched surface shaped to conform to a portion of the glenoid, the anchor peg channel guide having a channel offset from the reaming axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Pierric Deransart, William J. Slone, Robert J. Ball, Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau, George S. Athwal, Jon J.P. Warner, Robert Z. Tashjian, Jay D. Keener, Charles L. Penninger, Ryan D. Koepke, Matthew Victor Kartholl, Marine Godelu, Douglas Charles Garman
  • Publication number: 20230346480
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing glenoid placement guides and depth-control pins based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants, including glenoid placement guides and depth-control pins, in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Gilles Walch
  • Publication number: 20230329791
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing a shoulder surgery guide based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch
  • Patent number: 11779471
    Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method for performing shoulder surgery can include guiding a guide pin into the glenoid surface along a reaming axis. A partial reaming guide can be placed in contact with the glenoid surface over the guide pin. A reamer can be guided over the guide pin to ream the glenoid surface. The reamer can be further advanced over the guide pin until the reamer contacts the partial reaming guide, whereby such contact limits reaming to only a portion of the glenoid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Pierric Deransart, William J. Slone, Robert J. Ball, Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau, George S. Athwal, Jon J. P. Warner, Robert Z. Tashjian, Jay D. Keener, Charles L. Penninger, Ryan D. Koepke, Matthew Victor Kartholl, Marine Godelu, Douglas Charles Garman
  • Patent number: 11771568
    Abstract: Methods of implanting a prosthesis to repair a joint include displacing a first bone from the joint formed by an intersection between the first bone and a second bone. An end portion of the first bone is resected to define a resected end. A concavity is formed into the resected end using a shaping tool. The bone is compacted to form a support layer lining the concavity. The prosthesis is implanted in the concavity against the support layer without attaching the prosthesis to the support layer. The joint is reformed with the prosthesis such that the prosthesis remains unattached to the support layer and the first and second bones articulate about the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Michel Hassler, Gilles Walch, Pierric Deransart, Lucile Ferrand, Pascal Boileau
  • Patent number: 11712302
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing glenoid placement guides and depth-control pins based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants, including glenoid placement guides and depth-control pins, in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventor: Gilles Walch
  • Patent number: 11642223
    Abstract: An inserter includes a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end. A first impacting surface is disposed at the first end, and a second impacting surface is disposed adjacent to the second end. An interface disposed at the second end and is configured to engage an implant. The first impacting surface is configured to direct a first impacting force along the body of the inserter in a first direction, and the second impacting surface is configured to direct a second impacting force along the body in a second direction that is different from the first direction. Methods of use also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Knox, David R. Stump, Alexander Paul Wolfe, Anne Marie Schlamb, Markus Scheibel, Pascal Boileau, George S. Athwal, Gilles Walch, Jon J P Warner, Philippe Collin, Jay D. Keener, Robert Z. Tashjian, R. Sean Churchill, Austin Wyatt Mutchler
  • Publication number: 20230109478
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing a shoulder surgery guide based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch
  • Publication number: 20230085093
    Abstract: A surgical assistance system obtains patient-specific values of a plurality of physical characteristics of a humeral bone of a patient. The surgical assistance system predicts, based on the patient-specific values, a humeral prosthesis (202) for the patient from among a plurality of humeral prostheses, wherein the predicted humeral prosthesis has a filling ratio less than a remodeling threshold for the patient. The filling ratio of the humeral prosthesis is a ratio of (i) a radial distance from a lengthwise central axis of a stem (206) of the humeral prosthesis to an outer surface of the stem, to (ii) a radial distance from the lengthwise central axis of the stem to an inner surface of the intramedullary canal (208) of a humerus of the patient. The remodeling threshold for the patient is a filling ratio above which the humeral prosthesis would cause remodeling in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch, Manuel Jean-Marie Urvoy
  • Patent number: 11547572
    Abstract: A method of forming a shoulder prosthesis includes resecting an end portion of a humerus to form a resected end of the humerus and a resected portion separated from the humerus, the resected portion having an outer convex surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the resected portion is processed to include a concave articular surface. The outer convex surface of the resected portion is implanted in the resected end of the humerus. An implant having a convex articular surface is secured to a glenoid. The concave articular surface of the resected portion is articulated with the convex articular surface of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Walch, Yves-Alain Ratron, Irene Ferrari, Pascal Boileau
  • Patent number: 11523907
    Abstract: This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non perpendicular to a rear face of the base intended to abut against the glenoid cavity, this making it possible to compensate a defect in parallelism between the resectioned surface of the glenoid cavity and the axis of the patient's spinal column. A surgeon can select the component in which the axes of symmetry of the components are oriented differently with respect to their rear faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Alain Tornier, Francois Sirveaux, Gilles Walch, Daniel Mole, Christophe Levigne, Pascal Boileau, Luc Favard
  • Publication number: 20220354658
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to stemmed and stemless humeral anchors for use in shoulder arthroplasty procedures. For example, the humeral anchor can include a first end, a second end, and an interior surface extending between the first end and the second end. The interior surface can be disposed about a recess disposed between the first end and the second end. The recess can be configured to secure a coupling of a shoulder articular body directly to the interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Knox, David R. Stump, Alexander Paul Wolfe, Anne Marie Schlamb, Markus SCHEIBEL, Pascal BOILEAU, George S. Athwal, Gilles Walch, Jon JP Warner, Philippe Collin, Jay D. Keener, Robert Z. Tashjian, R. Sean Churchill, Austin Wyatt Mutchler
  • Publication number: 20220273451
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to stemmed and stemless humeral anchors for use in shoulder arthroplasty procedures. For example, the humeral anchor can include a first end, a second end, and an interior surface extending between the first end and the second end. The interior surface can be disposed about a recess disposed between the first end and the second end. The recess can be configured to secure a coupling of a shoulder articular body directly to the interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Pierric DERANSART, Christopher K. BADE, William J. SLONE, Robert J. BALL, Gilles WALCH, Pascal BOILEAU, George S. ATHWAL, Jon JP WARNER, Robert Z. TASHJIAN, Jay D. KEENER, Shawn M. GARGAC, Austin Wyatt MUTCHLER, David R. STUMP, Alexander Paul WOLFE, Kevin P. KNOX
  • Publication number: 20220265290
    Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for implanting glenoid prostheses are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method for performing shoulder surgery can include guiding a guide pin into the glenoid surface along a reaming axis. A partial reaming guide can be placed in contact with the glenoid surface over the guide pin. A reamer can be guided over the guide pin to ream the glenoid surface. The reamer can be further advanced over the guide pin until the reamer contacts the partial reaming guide, whereby such contact limits reaming to only a portion of the glenoid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Pierric DERANSART, William J. SLONE, Robert J. BALL, Gilles WALCH, Pascal BOILEAU, George S. ATHWAL, Jon JP WARNER, Robert Z. TASHJIAN, Jay D. KEENER
  • Patent number: 11399894
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing a shoulder surgery guide based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch
  • Publication number: 20220233322
    Abstract: An inserter includes a first end, a second end, and a body extending between the first end and the second end. A first impacting surface is disposed at the first end, and a second impacting surface is disposed adjacent to the second end. An interface disposed at the second end and is configured to engage an implant. The first impacting surface is configured to direct a first impacting force along the body of the inserter in a first direction, and the second impacting surface is configured to direct a second impacting force along the body in a second direction that is different from the first direction. Methods of use also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Knox, David R. Stump, Alexander Paul Wolfe, Anne Marie Schlamb, Markus SCHEIBEL, Pascal BOILEAU, George S. Athwal, Gilles Walch, Jon JP Warner, Philippe Collin, Jay D. Keener, Robert Z. Tashjian, R. Sean Churchill, Austin Wyatt Mutchler