Patents by Inventor Henri Défossez
Henri Défossez 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).
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Publication number: 20210338296Abstract: A bone screw insertion device, comprises an outer sleeve extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending therethrough and a driving member extending longitudinally through the channel of the outer sleeve from a proximal end to a distal end configured to engage a driving recess of a bone screw, the outer sleeve movable relative to the driving member between a first position in which the distal end of the outer sleeve extends over and covers a proximal portion of a bone screw engaged with the driving member, to a second position in which the distal end of the outer sleeve is longitudinally aligned with a proximal end of a bone screw engaged with the driving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Henri DEFOSSEZ, Simon SCHERRER, Gaser El ZOGHBI, Roger KOCH, Yvonne SCHUMACHER, Rhett RAPIER
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Publication number: 20210322078Abstract: A modular system for treating a bone includes a main body including a channel extending therethrough. A distal end includes a driving feature sized and shaped to engage a corresponding driving structure of one of first and second bone screws. The system also includes an inner shaft sized and shaped to be inserted into the channel and including a distal end including a retaining feature for engaging a corresponding retaining structure extending within a recess at a proximal end of the first screw. Furthermore, the system includes an outer shaft extending longitudinally and including a channel extending therethrough. The channel of the outer shaft is sized and shaped to slidably receive the main body therein and including a retaining feature extending along a distal end thereof. The retaining feature of the outer shaft engages a retaining structure extending along an exterior surface of the second screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Simon SCHERRER, Gregor SPREITER, Henri DÉFOSSEZ, Simon WAMPFLER
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Publication number: 20210322080Abstract: A bone screw removal device includes a shaft extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal removal tip. The removal tip includes a first portion at a distal-most end of the removal tip, a second portion extending proximally from the first portion and a third portion extending proximally from the second portion. The first portion is sized and shaped to be received within a retaining recess of a bone screw to clear away tissue growth as the first portion is inserted through a driving recess of a bone screw and into the retaining recess. The second portion is configured to be received within a driving recess. The third portion is configured to clear away tissue growth over a proximal end of the bone screw as the first and second portions are inserted into the retaining recess and the driving recess, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Gregor Spreiter, Henri Défossez, Simon Scherrer, Markus Buettler
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Publication number: 20210322076Abstract: A screwdriver includes a body extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. The distal end includes a distal screw engaging tip. The screwdriver also includes a slot extending through a width of the screw engaging tip and extending proximally a distance into the body. The slot permits opposed portions of the screw engaging tip to spread apart from one another into a locking configuration in which the opposed portions apply a radially outward force against an interior surface of a recess in a head of a screw into which the screw engaging tip has been inserted to releasably lock the screw engaging tip within the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Henri DEFOSSEZ, Andre WEBER
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Publication number: 20210282821Abstract: A compression nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end. The body includes an exterior threading along an exterior surface of a threaded portion of the body separated from the head via an unthreaded portion. The nut also includes a channel extending longitudinally through the body. The channel includes an interior threaded extending along an interior surface of the channel configured to threadedly engage an end of a locking screw received therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Simon SCHERRER, Henri DEFOSSEZ, Markus BUETTLER, This AEBI
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Publication number: 20210282816Abstract: A compression nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end. The body includes a first portion including an exterior surface tapering from the head toward a second portion. An exterior threading extends along an exterior surface of both the first portion and the second portion of the body. The nut also includes a channel extending longitudinally through the body. The channel includes an interior threaded extending along an interior surface of the channel configured to threadedly engage a portion of a locking screw therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: This AEBI, Gregor Spreiter, Simon Scherrer, Henri Défossez
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Publication number: 20210275239Abstract: Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Renaud Rouge, Henri Defossez, Thibault Chandanson, Joseph Caulfield, Daniel Lyness, Zoher Bootwala, Michael O'Neil
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Publication number: 20210204966Abstract: An intramedullary (IM) nail insertion assembly includes an IM nail extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. A proximal portion of the IM nail has an internal threading. The IM nail insertion assembly also includes a connecting screw extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. A distal portion of the connecting screw has an external threading for engaging the internal threading of the IM nail. One of the proximal portion of the IM nail and the distal portion of the connecting screw has a feature to resist a disengagement of the proximal portion from the distal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Henri DÉFOSSEZ
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Patent number: 11033314Abstract: Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Medos International SàrlInventors: Renaud Rouge, Henri Defossez, Thibault Chandanson, Joseph Caulfield, Daniel Lyness, Zoher Bootwala, Michael O'Neil
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Publication number: 20210154811Abstract: A screwdriver assembly includes a screwdriver shaft and an insert. The screwdriver shaft extends longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and having a longitudinal channel extending therethrough. The insert has a longitudinal shaft received within the longitudinal channel and a distal end extending distally relative to the distal end of the screwdriver shaft. The insert shaft is rotatable relative to the screwdriver shaft. The distal end of the insert is sized and shaped to engage a head of a screw. The distal end of the insert is disengaged from the screw bead by rotating the insert relative to the screwdriver shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Yvonne SCHUMACHER, Simon SCHERRER, Henri DEFOSSEZ, Joshua McMANUS
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Publication number: 20210128213Abstract: A nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end and including a channel extending longitudinally thereinto from the free end, the channel configured to engage an end of a bone screw, and an exterior threading extending about the body from an exterior surface thereof along an entire length thereof, an outer contour of the exterior threading defined via radially outermost edges of the exterior threading, a first portion of the outer contour adjacent the head portion having a smaller diameter than a second portion of the outer contour extending from the first portion to the free end of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Henri DÉFOSSEZ, Simon SCHERRER
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Publication number: 20210128217Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Gaser EL ZOGHBI, This AEBI, Henri DÉFOSSEZ, André WEBER, Robert UEHLINGER, John V. Hunt
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Publication number: 20210077172Abstract: A driver for engaging an endcap of an intramedullary nail. The driver includes a handle extending along a longitudinal axis of the driver from a proximal end to a distal end. The handle having a handle channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The driver also includes a shaft extending through the handle channel from a proximal end to a distal end along the longitudinal axis. The shaft having a shaft channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The distal end of the shaft extends distally from the handle. The distal end of the shaft forms a driving element to be inserted into a head portion of the endcap. The driver further includes a retention pin slidably received in the shaft channel. The retention pin extends also extends along the longitudinal axis. The distal end of the retention pin is configured to reversibly lock the shaft to the head portion of the endcap.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Henri DÉFOSSEZ, Gregor SPREITER, Simon WAMPFLER, Simon SCHERRER
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Publication number: 20210068880Abstract: An endcap for engaging a proximal end of an intramedullary nail. The endcap includes a body extending from a first end to a second end and configured to engage a channel of an intramedullary nail. The endcap also includes a head portion at the first end of the body. The head portion includes a recess sized and shaped to receive a driving element of a drive shaft. The recess includes elastic tabs extending radially toward a central axis of the recess to engage and retain a driving element received therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Henri DÉFOSSEZ, Gregor SPREITER, Simon SCHERRER, Simon WAMPFLER
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Publication number: 20190105093Abstract: An implant insertion assembly including an insertion handle extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end including a recessed portion, an outer wall of the recessed portion having a first shape about a perimeter thereof and including an engagement mechanism. The implant insertion assembly also includes an implant extending from a distal end to a proximal end including an opening configured to receive the recessed portion of the insertion handle, the opening having a second shape configured to mechanically interlock with the outer wall of the recessed portion when the recessed portion is inserted therein to transmit torque from the insertion handle to the implant, the proximal end including a receiving structure in a wall thereof, the receiving structure being positioned and oriented to receive the engagement mechanism to removably lock the insertion handle to the implant in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Reza ABEDIAN, Christof Dutoit, Markus Buettler, Henri Defossez, Simon Wampfler, Alain Saurer, Remo Pfaff, Hans Bernhard
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Publication number: 20190059967Abstract: Driver instruments are disclosed herein with various features for improving usability, easing the task of cleaning or sterilizing the instrument, reducing patient trauma associated with use of the instrument, and/or reducing the cost and assembly burden of the instrument. For example, a driver instrument can include a guide sleeve to protect patient tissue from damage caused by rotating components of the instrument or a bone anchor assembly coupled thereto, and to protect extension tabs of the bone anchor assembly from inadvertent separation. By way of further example, an instrument can include a preload assembly for maintaining engagement of a driver shaft of the instrument with a bone anchor assembly. As yet another example, an instrument can consist of a small number of components which are configured for simple, tool-free assembly and disassembly. An instrument can also be configured for use with bone anchor assemblies with and without extension tabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Thibault Chandanson, Richard W. Fournier, Shawn D. Stad, Frank Spratt, Sam Grossman, Henri Defossez, Renaud Rouge, Philip A. Cormier
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Publication number: 20190038332Abstract: Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Renaud Rouge, Henri Defossez, Thibault Chandanson, Joseph Caulfield, Daniel Lyness, Zoher Bootwala, Michael O'Neil
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Patent number: 10085786Abstract: Driver instruments are disclosed herein with various features for improving usability, easing the task of cleaning or sterilizing the instrument, reducing patient trauma associated with use of the instrument, and/or reducing the cost and assembly burden of the instrument. For example, a driver instrument can include a guide sleeve to protect patient tissue from damage caused by rotating components of the instrument or a bone anchor assembly coupled thereto, and to protect extension tabs of the bone anchor assembly from inadvertent separation. By way of further example, an instrument can include a preload assembly for maintaining engagement of a driver shaft of the instrument with a bone anchor assembly. As yet another example, an instrument can consist of a small number of components which are configured for simple, tool-free assembly and disassembly. An instrument can also be configured for use with bone anchor assemblies with and without extension tabs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Medos International SàrlInventors: Thibault Chandanson, Richard Fournier, Shawn Stad, Frank Spratt, Sam Grossman, Henri Defossez, Renaud Rouge, Philip Cormier
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Patent number: 10076376Abstract: Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Medos International SàrlInventors: Zoher Bootwala, Michael O'Neil, Renaud Rouge, Henri Defossez, Thibault Chandanson, Joseph Caulfield, Daniel Lyness
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Patent number: 10070909Abstract: Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Medos International SàrlInventors: Renaud Rouge, Henri Defossez, Thibault Chandanson, Joseph Caulfield, Daniel Lyness