Patents by Inventor Hélène Autefage

Hélène Autefage 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: 8216630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous biomaterials surface activation method by coating with a layer of apatitic nanocrystals in order to increase their surface reactivity. The method according to the invention is characterized by the following steps: a) preparing a nanocrystalline apatitic calcium phosphate analogous to bone mineral by mixing a calcium salt solution with a phosphate salt solution in a Ca/P ratio ranging between 1.3 and 2 at a temperature ranging between 0 and 60 ° C., b) slurrying the mixture obtained in step a) in an aqueous solution so as to obtain a fluid, homogeneous paste containing 80 to 98% of water, c) bringing a porous biomaterial into contact with the suspension obtained in step b), d) drying the porous biomaterial at a temperature below 100 ° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, TEKNIMED
    Inventors: Hélène Autefage, Sophie Cazalbou, Christèle Combes, Christian Rey
  • Publication number: 20100323094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous biomaterials surface activation method by coating with a layer of apatitic nanocrystals in order to increase their surface reactivity. The method according to the invention is characterized by the following steps: a) preparing a nanocrystalline apatitic calcium phosphate analogous to bone mineral by mixing a calcium salt solution with a phosphate salt solution in a Ca/P ratio ranging between 1.3 and 2 at a temperature ranging between 0 and 60° C., b) slurrying the mixture obtained in step a) in an aqueous solution so as to obtain a fluid, homogeneous paste containing 80 to 98% of water, c) bringing a porous biomaterial into contact with the suspension obtained in step b), d) drying the porous biomaterial at a temperature below 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: TEKNIMED, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier
    Inventors: Héléne AUTEFAGE, Sophie CAZALBOU, Christéle COMBES, Christian REY