Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Barthelemy

Jean-Paul Barthelemy 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).

  • Knee prosthetics
    Patent number: 6210443
    Abstract: Knee prosthetic, incorporating a prosthetic femoral component designed to be fixed to the furthest or nearest extremity, of the femur, a tibial prosthetic component designed to be fixed to the nearest or upper extremity of the tibia and at least one intermediary mobile meniscoid prosthetic involving a lower surface working together by sliding with the complementary upper surface of the tibial component, and at least one upper concave surface working together by sliding with a lower condyloid convex surface of the femoral component, characterised by the fact that the upper surface of the tibial component and the lower surface of the meniscoid component are flat and sloped in the same angle from the top at the rear towards the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Aesculap
    Inventors: Pascal Marceaux, Jean-François Biegun, Jean-Yves Jenny, Laurent Barba, Jacques Hummer, Yves Catonne, Jean-Paul Barthelemy, Rolf Miehlke, Dominique Saragaglia