Patents by Inventor Philippe Vernet

Philippe Vernet 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).

  • Bone fixing device
    Patent number: 8048127
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bone fixing device (1) for immobilizing a linking rod (2) designed to connect at least one bone fragment (3) to another, said device comprising: at least one anchoring means (4) designed to be fixed on or in said bone fragment (3); at least one receiving part (7), secured to said anchoring means (4), designed to receive at least part of said linking rod (2); locking means (8) designed to lock said part of the linking rod (2) within said receiving part (7). The invention is characterized in that said locking means comprise at least one solid element (8) having a longitudinal axis, said solid element including at least one inclined surface (9) capable, under the action of a thrust directed along the longitudinal axis of said solid element, of gradually wedging by friction said part of the linking rod (2) into said receiving part (7), until said part of the linking rod (2) is completely locked inside said receiving part (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Arthroplastie-Diffusion
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Moulin, Christophe Roy, Alexis Faure, Jean-Patrick Rakover, Simon Le Naelou, Philippe Vernet, Christian Cistac, Philippe Bacon, Arnaud Blamoutier, Jean-Jacques Allioux, Jean-Pierre Atanasiu, Henry-François Parent, Gilles Gagna
  • BONE FIXING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090318973
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bone fixing device (1) for immobilizing a linking rod (2) designed to connect at least one bone fragment (3) to another, said device comprising: at least one anchoring means (4) designed to be fixed on or in said bone fragment (3); at least one receiving part (7), secured to said anchoring means (4), designed to receive at least part of said linking rod (2); locking means (8) designed to lock said part of the linking rod (2) within said receiving part (7). The invention is characterized in that said locking means comprise at least one solid element (8) having a longitudinal axis, said solid element including at least one inclined surface (9) capable, under the action of a thrust directed along the longitudinal axis of said solid element, of gradually wedging by friction said part of the linking rod (2) into said receiving part (7), until said part of the linking rod (2) is completely locked inside said receiving part (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Moulin, Christophe Roy, Alexis Faure, Jean-Patrick Rakover, Simon Le Naelou, Philippe Vernet