Patents by Inventor Pascal Cochard

Pascal Cochard 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: 20230069698
    Abstract: A flexing structure for an insertion tube of a medical device including tubular vertebrae with a proximal tubular vertebra and a distal tubular vertebra and at least one actuating cable surrounded by a sheath over at least part of its length, the flexing structure including a tube cut with energy-beam cutting lines to create tubular vertebrae that nest in one another, the proximal tubular vertebra including, for each actuating cable, a radial and axial blocking system for the sheath, comprising an elongate cutout created in such a way as to delimit two stop edges that limit the radial engagement of the sheath in the cutout, this cutout opening at its distal part into a slot delimited by at least two cutout lines between which there is attached a pressing tab designed to press the sheath radially against the two stop edges of the cutout, this slot being bordered by a rim for axially stopping the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Emmanuel HALLAUER, Pascal COCHARD
  • Publication number: 20230044896
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for attaching a medical device on a mast, the attachment system including a body equipped with the medical device and from which protrude face-to-face two jaws together delimiting an open engagement housing for the mast ending, at the level of the body, in a bottom which gradually decreases along a frustoconical portion to adapt to masts of different diameters, both jaws being externally threaded by a thread including a tapped ring and a tubular support skirt for the jaws, this tubular skirt extending coaxially inside the tapped ring to allow the engagement of the jaws between the tapped ring and the tubular skirt and the screwing of the tapped ring on these jaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Emmanuel HALLAUER, Philippe LE ROUX, Pascal COCHARD
  • Patent number: 10753142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a containment enclosure comprising two compartments (21, 22) and a sealing system between the two compartments. The sealing system (16; 23, 30) comprises a door (23) having two opposite faces (23a, 23b). The door comprises a transfer support (30) on one of its faces. According to the invention, the door allows two closed positions distinct from one another, in which positions the door forms a gastight interface between the two compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GETINGE LA CALHENE
    Inventors: Pascal Goulay, Pascal Cochard
  • Publication number: 20180023337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a containment enclosure comprising two compartments (21, 22) and a sealing system between the two compartments. The sealing system (16; 23, 30) comprises a door (23) having two opposite faces (23a, 23b). The door comprises a transfer support (30) on one of its faces. According to the invention, the door allows two closed positions distinct from one another, in which positions the door forms a gastight interface between the two compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal Goulay, Pascal Cochard