Patents by Inventor Joannès Dimnet

Joannès Dimnet 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).

  • Device for evaluating a position of balance for the human body
    Patent number: 7955279
    Abstract: According to the invention, the patient (4) is placed upon a patient support (3) between an X-ray source (1) and a support for the target plate (2) sensitive to the X-rays. The patient support (3) is connected to a device for detecting the horizontal position of the global axis of gravity (5) of the patient when the X-ray source (1) is in operation. The patient (4) can, for example, remain standing. The inventive device can superimpose an image (Hg) of the global axis of gravity (5) on the digital radiographic image of the patient (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Berthonnaud, Joannès Dimnet, Pierre Roussouly
  • Method and device for evaluating the balance forces of the skeleton
    Patent number: 7361150
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method which consists in producing a radiographic image of the skeleton to be studied, determining the position of the body's global axis of gravity (5), selecting on the image segments of the skeleton (S1-S7) to be considered and their articulations (A5), locating the main tensor muscles (M1-M6, M62), and determining by calculation the intensity of the return forces exerted by said tensor muscles to compensate the gravitational force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Berthonnaud, Joannes Dimnet, Pierre Roussouly
  • Method and device for evaluating the balance forces of the skeleton
    Publication number: 20040228510
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method which consists in producing a radiographic image of the skeleton to be studied, determining the position of the body's global axis of gravity (5), selecting on the image segments of the skeleton (S1-S7) to be considered and their articulations (A5), locating the main tensor muscles (M1-M6, M62), and determining by calculation the intensity of the return forces exerted by said tensor muscles to compensate the gravitational force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: SDGI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Berthonnaud, Joannes Dimnet, Pierre Roussouly
  • Device for evaluating a position of balance for the human body
    Publication number: 20030004438
    Abstract: According to the invention, the patient (4) is placed upon a patient support (3) between an X-ray source (1) and a support for the target plate (2) sensitive to the X-rays. The patient support (3) is connected to a device for detecting the horizontal position of the global axis of gravity (5) of the patient when the X-ray source (1) is in operation. The patient (4) can, for example, remain standing. The inventive device can superimpose an image (Hg) of the global axis of gravity (5) on the digital radiographic image of the patient (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Eric Berthonnaud, Joannes Dimnet, Pierre Roussouly