Patents by Inventor Jacques Beaurain

Jacques Beaurain 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: 9943339
    Abstract: An osseous anchorage implant comprising an attachment structure adapted to receive and be attached to at least one bar is disclosed. The implant is made up of an osseous anchor and an attachment head bearing the attachment means. The attachment head is suitably traversed by a channel that is adapted to receive the bar. The attachment head comprises a clamp that is adapted to clamp the bar against an inside support wall of the channel. The implant is further characterized by the attachment means and the support wall enabling the rotation of the bar about a first axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar. The clamp comprises a moving clamping face, that is adapted to contact the bar, and that is borne by a support head. The bar is enabled to be introduced into the channel from a side of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Herve Chataigner
  • Publication number: 20180098859
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis designed to be substituted for fibrocartilaginous discs ensures a connection between the vertebra of the vertebra column or the end of the latter. The prosthesis includes a pair of plates spaced from each other by a nucleus. The prosthesis has increased stability by providing the nucleus with a translation or rotation stop, or by inducing an angular correction between its plates contacting vertebra, or a combination of these characteristics. The stop includes parts external to the nucleus and contact surfaces perpendicular to their contact directions. Surgical methods and instrumentation for implanting the prosthesis are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Herve Chataignier, Jerome Allain, Jean-Paul Frederic Steib
  • Publication number: 20180070990
    Abstract: A spinal internal implantation device for osteosynthesis has one or more bars for supporting for moving the spine and at least one implant for connecting the bars and vertebrae. The implant includes a blown anchor attached to a body of the implant and a fixation arrangement for the bars. The fixation arrangement includes a clamp for clamping the bar against internal walls of a channel formed in the body of the implant. At least part of the length of the bars includes a transversal bearing structure that is a cross-section of the bars having at least one flat part of a part having a lower forepost convexity than the rest of the cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Isabelle Koenig, Alain Ducolombier, Marc Pierunek, Herve Chataigner, Marielle Derosi, Agnes DePostel
  • Patent number: 9788964
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis designed to be substituted for fibrocartilaginous discs ensures a connection between the vertebra of the vertebra column or the end of the latter. The prosthesis includes a pair of plates spaced from each other by a nucleus. The prosthesis has increased stability by providing the nucleus with a translation or rotation stop, or by inducing an angular correction between its plates contacting vertebra, or a combination of these characteristics. The stop includes parts external to the nucleus and contact surfaces perpendicular to their contact directions. Surgical methods and instrumentation for implanting the prosthesis are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Herve Chataignier, Jerome Allain, Jean-Paul Frederic Steib
  • Patent number: 9763699
    Abstract: A spinal internal implantation device for osteosynthesis has one or more bars for supporting for moving the spine and at least one implant for connecting the bars and vertebrae. The implant includes a blown anchor attached to a body of the implant and a fixation arrangement for the bars. The fixation arrangement includes a clamp for clamping the bar against internal walls of a channel formed in the body of the implant. At least part of the length of the bars includes a transversal bearing structure that is a cross-section of the bars having at least one flat part of a part having a lower forepost convexity than the rest of the cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Isabelle Koenig, Alain Ducolombier, Marc Pierunek, Herve Chataigner, Marielle Derosi, Agnes DePostel
  • Publication number: 20170209181
    Abstract: An osseous anchorage implant comprising an attachment structure adapted to receive and be attached to at least one bar is disclosed. The implant is made up of an osseous anchor and an attachment head bearing the attachment means. The attachment head is suitably traversed by a channel that is adapted to receive the bar. The attachment head comprises a clamp that is adapted to clamp the bar against an inside support wall of the channel. The implant is further characterized by the attachment means and the support wall enabling the rotation of the bar about a first axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar. The clamp comprises a moving clamping face, that is adapted to contact the bar, and that is borne by a support head. The bar is enabled to be introduced into the channel from a side of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Herve Chataigner
  • Patent number: 9561056
    Abstract: An osseous anchorage implant comprising an attachment structure adapted to receive and be attached to at least one bar, that is suitably an element of an osteosynthesis. The implant is made up of an osseous anchor and an attachment head bearing the attachment means. The attachment head is suitably traversed by a channel that is adapted to receive the bar. The attachment head comprises a clamp that is adapted to clamp the bar against an inside support wall of the channel. The implant is further characterized by the attachment means and the support wall enabling the rotation of the bar about a first axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar. The clamp comprises a moving clamping face, that is adapted to contact the bar, and that is borne by a support head that is articulatable at the end of the clamp via a ball and socket connection. The channel is suitably an open channel having an aperture opening onto one of the lateral faces of the attachment head, wherein the aperture bears the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Herve Chataigner
  • Publication number: 20160324655
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis designed to be substituted for fibrocartilaginous discs ensures a connection between the vertebra of the vertebra column or the end of the latter. The prosthesis includes a pair of plates spaced from each other by a nucleus. The prosthesis has increased stability by providing the nucleus with a translation or rotation stop, or by inducing an angular correction between its plates contacting vertebra, or a combination of these characteristics. The stop includes parts external to the nucleus and contact surfaces perpendicular to their contact directions. Surgical methods and instrumentation for implanting the prosthesis are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Herve Chataignier, Jerome Allain, Jean-Paul Frederic Steib
  • Publication number: 20160317190
    Abstract: An osseous anchorage implant comprising an attachment structure adapted to receive and be attached to at least one bar, that is suitably an element of an osteosynthesis. The implant is made up of an osseous anchor and an attachment head bearing the attachment means. The attachment head is suitably traversed by a channel that is adapted to receive the bar. The attachment head comprises a clamp that is adapted to clamp the bar against an inside support wall of the channel. The implant is further characterized by the attachment means and the support wall enabling the rotation of the bar about a first axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar. The clamp comprises a moving clamping face, that is adapted to contact the bar, and that is borne by a support head that is articulatable at the end of the clamp via a ball and socket connection. The channel is suitably an open channel having an aperture opening onto one of the lateral faces of the attachment head, wherein the aperture bears the clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Herve Chataigner
  • Publication number: 20160235547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterised in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
  • Patent number: 9333095
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis designed to be substituted for fibrocartilaginous discs ensures a connection between the vertebra of the vertebra column or the end of the latter. The prosthesis includes a pair of plates spaced from each other by a nucleus. The prosthesis has increased stability by providing the nucleus with a translation or rotation stop, or by inducing an angular correction between its plates contacting vertebra, or a combination of these characteristics. The stop includes parts external to the nucleus and contact surfaces perpendicular to their contact directions. Surgical methods and instrumentation for implanting the prosthesis are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joël Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Hervé Chataignier, Jérôme Allain, Jean-Paul Frédéric Steib
  • Patent number: 9326795
    Abstract: An osseous anchorage implant comprising an attachment structure adapted to receive and be attached to at least one bar, that is suitably an element of an osteosynthesis. The implant is made up of an osseous anchor and an attachment head bearing the attachment means. The attachment head is suitably traversed by a channel that is adapted to receive the bar. The attachment head comprises a clamp that is adapted to clamp the bar against an inside support wall of the channel. The implant is further characterized by the attachment means and the support wall enabling the rotation of the bar about a first axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bar. The clamp comprises a moving clamping face, that is adapted to contact the bar, and that is borne by a support head that is articulatable at the end of the clamp via a ball and socket connection. The channel is suitably an open channel having an aperture opening onto one of the lateral faces of the attachment head, wherein the aperture bears the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Herve Chataigner
  • Patent number: 9265619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterized in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
  • Publication number: 20140364949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterised in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert
  • Patent number: 8753397
    Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Publication number: 20140148855
    Abstract: A spinal internal implantation device for osteosynthesis has one or more bars for supporting for moving the spine and at least one implant for connecting the bars and vertebrae. The implant includes a blown anchor attached to a body of the implant and a fixation arrangement for the bars. The fixation arrangement includes a clamp for clamping the bar against internal walls of a channel formed in the body of the implant. At least part of the length of the bars includes a transversal bearing structure that is a cross-section of the bars having at least one flat part of a part having a lower forepost convexity than the rest of the cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: LDR MEDICAL
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Isabelle Koenig, Alain Ducolombier, Marc Pierunek, Herve Chataigner, Marielle Derosi, Agnes DePostel
  • Publication number: 20130253648
    Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Patent number: 8430915
    Abstract: A spinal internal implantation device for osteosynthesis has one or more bars for supporting for moving the spine and at least one implant for connecting the bars and vertebrae. The implant includes a blown anchor attached to a body of the implant and a fixation arrangement for the bars. The fixation arrangement includes a clamp for clamping the bar against internal walls of a channel formed in the body of the implant. At least part of the length of the bars includes a transversal bearing structure that is a cross-section of the bars having at least one flat part of a part having a lower forepost convexity than the rest of the cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Joel Delecrin, Michel Onimus, Isabelle Koenig, Alain Ducolombier, Marc Pierunek, Hervé Chataigner, Marielle Derosi, Agnès De Postel
  • Patent number: 8267999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterized in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Patent number: 7682396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterised in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufour, Jean Huppert