Patents by Inventor Laurent Beny

Laurent Beny 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).

  • Publication number: 20060211957
    Abstract: The device for mobilisation of the lower limbs includes an elongated base (2), two distal slides (15) and two distinct leg supports (7), each of which is linked, at its distal end, by a hinge (17), to a distal slide (15). According to the invention, the device includes: at the base (2), two curved guidance tracks (6) both lying in a vertical plane (P?), and two proximal slides (19) each of which is mobile in translation along one of the curved guidance tracks (6), where each of the two leg supports (7) is connected, at its proximal end, by a hinge, to a proximal slide (19), so that during a displacement in translation of each distal slide along the corresponding rectilinear guidance track, the corresponding leg support undergoes a combined rotation and translation movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Laurent Beny, Jose Andry
  • Publication number: 20050148919
    Abstract: According to the invention, the mobilisation device at least comprises: a base plate (2), and a tibial support (7) integral with the base plate (2) and whose longitudinal axis extends over a sagittal plane (S). A foot support assembly (10) that is integral with the base plate (2) being substantially aligned with the tibial support (7) comprises a cradle (20) mobile in rotation about an axis (?) parallel to the sagittal plane (S), so as to allow user movements of foot abduction and adduction, and a footrest plate (21) integral with the cradle (20) and mobile in rotation with respect to the cradle (20) about an axis (??) forming an acute, nonzero angle (?) with the rotation axis (?) of the cradle (20), so as to allow user movements of foot inversion and eversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Laurent Beny, Jose Andry
  • Patent number: 6676612
    Abstract: Rehabilitation of an upper limb. The splint comprises: an arm (8) that is supported by a frame (10) consisting of at least one upper extension (20) that is provided at the end of a pivot (21) of a substantially vertical axis, an arch that is mounted on the pivot by means of a flexion-extensional drive motor (26) for the upper member, and an upper structure (31) that supports the anti-brachial and brachial segments and is comprised of a housing (34) that is adapted onto said arch, an abduction-adduction drive motor for the upper arm and an arm (40) that links said motor to the brachial segment. The invention can be used for passive motion splints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: AbilityOne Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Beny, Laurent Oster
  • Publication number: 20020045844
    Abstract: A device for producing a continuous passive motion machine for the bending and stretching of the jointed limb of a person, according to a predetermined motion cycle. The device includes a driving element capable of moving to-and-fro along a linear path defined as a base element and an upper and lower element supporting a jointed limb, linked for pivoting about an axis x-x that is substantially transverse relative to said path. A linking element connects the upper element to the driving element. The linking element is mounted so as to pivot in relation to both said upper support element and the driving element about axes that extend substantially transverse relative to the path. The lower element supporting the limb is adapted to be retained in sliding engagement against the linking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Laurent Beny, Rene Griesmar
  • Patent number: 6325770
    Abstract: A device for producing a continuous passive motion machine for the bending and stretching of the jointed limb of a person, according to a predetermined motion cycle. The device includes a driving element capable of moving to-and-fro along a linear path defined as a base element and an upper and lower element supporting a jointed limb, linked for pivoting about an axis x—x that is substantially transverse relative to said path. A linking element connects the upper element to the driving element. The linking element is mounted so as to pivot in relation to both said upper support element and the driving element about axes that extend substantially transverse relative to the path. The lower element supporting the limb is adapted to be retained in sliding engagement against the linking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew Kinetec SA
    Inventors: Laurent Beny, René Griesmar