Patents by Inventor Pascal Schori

Pascal Schori 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).

  • Intramedullary, longitudinal implant
    Patent number: 8679120
    Abstract: A device for implantation in an intramedullary space of a bone via a curved insertion path, the device comprises a curved proximal portion extending along an arc substantially similar to an arc of the curved insertion path, the proximal portion including a coupling arrangement at a proximal end thereof adapted to couple to a tool for one of intramedullary implantation and explantation and a flexible distal portion extending from a distal end of the proximal portion, the distal portion extending substantially straight in an unstressed state and having flexibility sufficient to permit being along the arc of the insertion path substantially without permanent deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Frigg, Pascal Schori
  • Intramedullary, Longitudinal Implant
    Publication number: 20080287950
    Abstract: A device for implantation in an intramedullary space of a bone via a curved insertion path, the device comprises a curved proximal portion extending along an arc substantially similar to an arc of the curved insertion path, the proximal portion including a coupling arrangement at a proximal end thereof adapted to couple to a tool for one of intramedullary implantation and explanation and a flexible distal portion extending from a distal end of the proximal portion, the distal portion extending substantially straight in an unstressed state and having flexibility sufficient to permit being along the arc of the insertion path substantially without permanent deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Frigg, Pascal Schori