Patents by Inventor Pierre Bailly

Pierre Bailly 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: 20100286715
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling; and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Bernard Detruit, Michel Therin, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 7819897
    Abstract: A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised in that the linking rod is rectilinear and the junction zones of the anchoring element and the stop element with the linking rod enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of the fastener into a tube, and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element and the anchoring element form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Sgro, Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Publication number: 20100262164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component (101) intended to be mounted on the ejection barrel of a device for dispensing surgical staples, characterized in that it comprises: fixing means (102) designed to fix said component (101) on said ejection barrel removably or non-removably, securing means (103) for securing a surgical tape to said component (101), said securing means allowing said tape to slide within said component (101). The invention further relates to a kit comprising such a component and/or a device for dispensing surgical staples and/or a surgical tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Karine Trogneux, Jacques Tostain
  • Patent number: 7662087
    Abstract: This gastric ring (1) comprises: a band (3) which is able to surround the wall of the stomach, and connection means (4, 40, 51, 54) with which this band can be maintained in the form of a ring. According to the invention, the band (3) is made of a bioabsorbable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Michel Therin
  • Publication number: 20090259235
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surgical fastener for attaching a prosthesis intended to repair a hernial defect of the abdominal wall, the prosthesis has at least two layers made of a biocompatible flexible material joined together at least one assembly zone, so as to define an internal space delimited by a substantially circular peripheral contour. The internal space is accessible to said surgical fastener that includes at least one body forming a reinforcing section that includes an open ring intended to extend substantially along at least one part of the substantially circular substantially circular peripheral contour. The open ring is connected to an attachment arm that extends substantially radially towards the inside and is intended to be anchored in the abdominal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Genevieve Doucet, Jean-Claude Sgro, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 7569063
    Abstract: The device, designed to be fixed to the distal end of a fastener-positioning instrument, comprises a plane transverse distal end, a split first longitudinal channel and a second longitudinal channel, in which channels the anchoring bar and the stop bar of a fastener can slide, respectively. The device has a longitudinal bearing face that defines a half-space. The device further includes: a cam forming a stop/sliding surface for the distal end of the stop bar, in order to produce a pivoting movement of the stop bar; cams for the lateral splaying of the proximal part of the stop bar; and an escapement cam, allowing the lateral displacement of the distal part of the stop bar and its disengagement from the first cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Sofradim Production SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Michel Therin, David Perdreaux
  • Publication number: 20090120037
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling, and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Bernard Detruit, Michel Therin, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 7475776
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling; and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Bernard Detruit, Michel Therin, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 7422596
    Abstract: The kit (1) comprises a needle (3) for placing the fixing element (2), and the fixing element (2) comprises at least one stop part (5) and a threaded deformable part (7) joined to said stop part (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Publication number: 20080087703
    Abstract: The device (5), designed to be fixed to the distal end of a fastener-positioning instrument, comprises a plane transverse distal end (9), a split first longitudinal channel (10) and a second longitudinal channel (20), in which channels the anchoring bar and the stop bar of a fastener can slide, respectively. The device has a longitudinal bearing face that defines a half-space. The device further includes: a cam (19) forming a stop/sliding surface for the distal end of the stop bar, in order to produce a pivoting movement of the stop bar; cams (15, 25) for the lateral splaying of the proximal part of the stop bar; and an escapement cam (17), allowing the lateral displacement of the distal part of the stop bar and its disengagement from the first cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Michel Therin, David Perdreaux
  • Patent number: 7243791
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling; and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Bernard Detruit, Michel Therin, Pierre Bailly
  • Publication number: 20070073316
    Abstract: A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised in that the linking rod is rectilinear and the junction zones of the anchoring element and the stop element with the linking rod enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of the fastener into a tube, and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element and the anchoring element form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Sgro, Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 7160314
    Abstract: A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised in that the linking rod is rectilinear and the junction zones of the anchoring element and the stop element with the linking rod enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of the fastener into a tube, and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element and the anchoring element form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Sgro, Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Publication number: 20060122636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an appliance for storing, distributing and placing couched I-shaped surgical fasteners, comprising a handgrip body equipped with at least one control means, and an elongate element (C) attached and fixed to the handgrip, in which appliance the elongate element (C) is made up of a body (20) of tubular overall shape containing: near its distal end, a magazine slide (22) itself containing couched I-shaped fasteners having an anchoring bar, a catching bar and a connecting strip, said magazine slide (22) being displaceable in the elongate element (C) by a control rod (24) which can be actuated by the control means of the handgrip and, on the other hand, secured to a slotted and longitudinal hollow ejection barrel projecting from the distal end of said magazine slide (22) and able to project from the elongate element (C), and, in its tubular body (20), on the one hand, means (23) for distributing the stored fasteners one by one, this distribution involving the transfer of the an
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Michel Therin
  • Publication number: 20050038458
    Abstract: This gastric ring (1) comprises: a band (3) which is able to surround the wall of the stomach, and connection means (4, 40, 51, 54) with which this band can be maintained in the form of a ring. According to the invention, the band (3) is made of a bioabsorbable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Michel Therin
  • Publication number: 20050004575
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fastener (2) consisting of at least an element (4) to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element (6) relative to a planar prosthetic component (100) to be fixed, and a linking rod (8). The invention is characterised in that the linking rod (8) is rectilinear and the junction zones (8a, 8b) of the anchoring element (4) and the stop element (6) with said linking rod (8) enable the fastener to adopt: a non-stressed stripping configuration; a maximum stress configuration, doubled up on itself, for example in a tubular configuration by complete insertion of said fastener into a tube (51), and a minimum stress configuration, wherein the respective directions of the stop element (6) and the anchoring element (4) form between them, for example in the same plane, an angle not greater than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Sgro, Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 6779701
    Abstract: This appliance comprises, in a tubular body (20), a magazine slide (22) secured to a needle (50) and the magazine slide (22) containing fasteners (A), an element for distributing the fasteners one by one, and an ejection plunger (42) able to push the anchoring bar (2) of the awaiting first fastener (A) into the needle. According to the invention, the magazine slide (22) comprises below the needle (50) a transverse finger (59) able, as the fastener is distributed by movement of its anchoring bar (2) by the plunger (42), to have the downstream end (3a) of this catching bar bear against it to force it to pivot by raising its upstream end (3b), beside the needle (50), a downwardly projecting rib (51) able to guide the pivoting of the upstream end (3b) of the catching bar (3) so that the latter does not butt against the needle, and, on the transverse finger (59), a sloping face (59a) driving the downstream end (3a) of the catching bar (3) transversely away from this finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Frederic Evrard, Michel Therin, Salomon Benchetrit
  • Publication number: 20040153102
    Abstract: The kit (1) comprises a needle (3) for placing the fixing element (2), and the fixing element (2) comprises at least one stop part (5) and a threaded deformable part (7) joined to said stop part (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Therin, Francois-Regis Ory, Pierre Bailly
  • Publication number: 20030187465
    Abstract: This appliance comprises, in a tubular body (20), a magazine slide (22) secured to a needle (50) and itself containing fasteners (A), means for distributing the fasteners one by one, and an ejection plunger (42) able to push the anchoring bar (2) of the awaiting first fastener (A) into the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Frederic Evrard, Michel Therin, Salomon Benchetrit
  • Patent number: 6394145
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for obtaining a flexible conduit comprising a tube and a helical structure. The process comprises extruding a crosslinkable plastic material in a malleable or formable state, so as to form a profiled strip having, as one piece, a web with two mutually complementary marginal edges, and at least one rib projecting on one side from the web; winding the profiled strip about an axis in a helix with touching turns so that the complementary marginal edges of the profiled strip, belonging respectively to two different turns, form between them, directly, a sealed joint; varying and controlling a winding pitch of the profiled strip, in order to modulate and control a quantity of available and formable plastic material of the tube along the length of the conduit; and crosslinking the wound profiled strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Norton Gessil
    Inventor: Pierre Bailly