Patents by Inventor Olivier Palefroy

Olivier Palefroy 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).

  • External fixation element
    Patent number: 7527626
    Abstract: An external fixation system has clamps, rods and pins having anti-magnetic core parts and a non-conductive sheath part covering essentially the exterior surfaces of the core part. The rods, pins and clamps are especially MRI safe for a patient when used in any frame configuration for fractures of the upper and lower extremities and pelvis wherein the usual MRI field parameters of a static field of 2 Tesla, a time-varying filed of max. 20 Tesla/sec and a specific absorption rate (SAR) of max. 0.4 Watts/kg averaged over the whole body of the patient apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Stryker Trauma SA
    Inventors: Christian Lutz, Vinzenz Burgherr, Olivier Palefroy
  • External fixation element
    Publication number: 20050085810
    Abstract: An external fixation system has clamps, rods and pins having anti-magnetic core parts and a non-conductive sheath part covering essentially the exterior surfaces of the core part. The rods, pins and clamps are especially MRI safe for a patient when used in any frame configuration for fractures of the upper and lower extremities and pelvis wherein the usual MRI field parameters of a static field of 2 Tesla, a time-varying filed of max. 20 Tesla/sec and a specific absorption rate (SAR) of max. 0.4 Watts/kg averaged over the whole body of the patient apply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma SA
    Inventors: Christian Lutz, Vinzenz Burgherr, Olivier Palefroy