Patents by Inventor Michel A. G. Boland

Michel A. G. Boland 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).

  • Method for determining the stability of an orthopedic device composed of an external fixation bar during setting of bone fractures
    Patent number: 4576158
    Abstract: The stability of an orthopedic assembly characterized by external fixation means in the form of a fixation bar provided with five assemblies of strain gauges having at least one gauge each, involves the measuring the amount of torsion of the bar by one of the assemblies and measuring of two perpendicular components of the amount of bending of the bar at two points of the bar via the remaining two pairs of assemblies and determining by means of the strain gauges of the amount of torsion and the amount of bending at the level of the clamps which connect the fixation bar to the pins and by the comparison of the determined levels of the torsion and bending with those capable of causing sliding of the clamps, the extent of stability of the orthopedic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Region Wallone
    Inventor: Michel A. G. Boland