Patents by Inventor Jacques Domergue

Jacques Domergue 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: 6939357
    Abstract: An instrument for closing, by subcutaneous suturing, an orifice made in the abdominal wall of a patient. The instrument has a piston rod (5) whose end acts on a flexible support strip (8) for needles (7), thus causing them to emerge at an exterior of the lower part (4) of a cannula (3) of the instrument underneath the abdominal wall (2), so that the needle can then penetrate into a thick part of this wall. Also, a method for suturing of orifices after a surgical operation by laparoscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Inventors: Francis Navarro, Jacques Domergue
  • Publication number: 20030028201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an instrument for closing, by subcutaneous suturing, an orifice made in the abdominal wall of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Navarro, Jacques Domergue