Patents by Inventor Pierre Mozer
Pierre Mozer 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).
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Patent number: 11872107Abstract: A device to prevent urinary leakage intended to be implanted in a patient includes a compressor to compress the patient's urethra, an electronic controller to actuate the compressor, and a measurer to measure the patient's activity. The measurer is coupled with the controller and the controller functions according to a predictive model of urinary leakage based on patient activity, so as to anticipate a possible urinary leak in relation to the measured activity of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: UROMEMSInventors: Philippe Cinquin, Pierre Mozer, Hamid Lamraoui, Agnes Bonvilain, Gilberte Robain
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Patent number: 11612354Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system of an endo-urethral device for an artificial urinary sphincter implantable in the body of a patient, said sphincter comprising an occlusive cuff (2) adapted to compress the urethra, the bladder neck or the prostate of said patient, an activation device (5) of said cuff (2) and a control unit (6) adapted to control the activation device. Said system comprises at least one compression sensor (13) of the urethra and a posture sensor (9), and a processing unit (30) configured to determine: (i) if the compression parameter of the urethra exceeds a predetermined threshold during a predetermined period, (ii) if the patient is in a recumbent position. If the conditions (i) and (ii) are fulfilled, the processing unit sends to the activation device (5) an immediate reduction order of the compression exerted by the cuff (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARISInventors: Hamid Lamraoui, Pierre Mozer
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Publication number: 20220409401Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly formed by a medical device (1) adapted to be implanted in a human or animal body and by packaging, wherein: te medical device comprises a housing (11) that encloses a fluid reservoir (13) and a fluid outlet (12) forming a fluid connection between the reservoir and a volume outside the housing; the packaging includes a tank (2) comprising a bottom (20), a side wall (21), an upper face opposite the bottom in a vertical direction, and an opening configured to fill the tank with a biocompatible fluid, the bottom (20) of the tank extending in a horizontal plane perpendicularly to the vertical direction; at least one of the bottom, the side wall and the top face comprises a first holding element (201) adapted to hold the housing in the tank, the housing (11) being held in the tank (2) by said first holding element (201) such that the reservoir is located between the bottom of the tank and the fluid outlet, said fluid outlet being arranged below the opening such that the fluid ouType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Hamid LAMRAOUI, Pierre MOZER, Aurélien BEAUGERIE, Riaz MIR, Thierry HO
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Publication number: 20220409353Abstract: The invention relates to a method for draining a medical device (1) adapted to be implanted in a human or animal body, said medical device comprising a housing (11) that encloses a fluid reservoir (13), and a fluid outlet (12) that forms a fluid connection between the reservoir and a volume outside the housing, the method involving: —providing the device in packaging comprising a tank (2), the housing being held in the tank in a position in which the reservoir is located between the bottom of the tank and the fluid outlet; —filling the tank (2) with a biocompatible fluid such that a zone of the packaging which lies outside the medical device and is in fluid connection with the fluid outlet of the tank is immersed in the fluid; —draining the medical device and filling the reservoir (13) with the biocompatible fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Hamid LAMRAOUI, Pierre MOZER, Aurélien BEAUGERIE, Riaz MIR, Thierry HO
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Publication number: 20220409874Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory for implanting a medical device in a human or animal body, said medical device comprising an occlusion collar (1) adapted to surround and to seal an anatomical duct of said human or animal body, a fluid reservoir (2) and a tube (3) connecting the reservoir to the occlusion collar, said accessory comprising:—a plug (100; 100) adapted to seal an end of the tube; and—a collar (200) adapted to surround the tube, the plug (100) and the collar (200) having respective connection portions (103, 104; 203, 204) adapted to engage so as to fix the collar (200) and the plug (100) together so as to hermetically seal said end of the tube (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Pierre MOZER, Aurélien BEAUGERIE, Riaz MIR
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Patent number: 11162418Abstract: A turbine engine fan having an axis of revolution wherein a fan disk having an upstream face and a radial face is configured to receive a series of fan blades. An inter-blade platform wherein an upstream end, a blocking ferrule, are applied and attached on the one hand to the upstream end of the platform and on the other hand to the upstream face of the fan disk, and an inlet cone. The blocking ferrule includes a radial ring and a lug, extending axially from the radial ring and configured to form a radial abutment for the inlet cone.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Fabrice Michel Francois Rene Aubert, Suzanne Madeleine Coustillas, Paul Antoine Foresto, Didier Pierre Mozer
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Publication number: 20200323487Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system of an endo-urethral device for an artificial urinary sphincter implantable in the body of a patient, said sphincter comprising an occlusive cuff (2) adapted to compress the urethra, the bladder neck or the prostate of said patient, an activation device (5) of said cuff (2) and a control unit (6) adapted to control the activation device. Said system comprises at least one compression sensor (13) of the urethra and a posture sensor (9), and a processing unit (30) configured to determine: (i) if the compression parameter of the urethra exceeds a predetermined threshold during a predetermined period, (ii) if the patient is in a recumbent position. If the conditions (i) and (ii) are fulfilled, the processing unit sends to the activation device (5) an immediate reduction order of the compression exerted by the cuff (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Hamid LAMRAOUI, Pierre MOZER
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Patent number: 10736563Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system of an endo-urethral device for an artificial urinary sphincter implantable in the body of a patient, said sphincter comprising an occlusive cuff (2) adapted to compress the urethra, the bladder neck or the prostate of said patient, an activation device (5) of said cuff (2) and a control unit (6) adapted to control the activation device. Said system comprises at least one compression sensor (13) of the urethra and a posture sensor (9), and a processing unit (30) configured to determine: (i) if the compression parameter of the urethra exceeds a predetermined threshold during a predetermined period, (ii) if the patient is in a recumbent position. If the conditions (i) and (ii) are fulfilled, the processing unit sends to the activation device (5) an immediate reduction order of the compression exerted by the cuff (2).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: UROMEMS, ASSISTANT PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARISInventors: Hamid Lamraoui, Pierre Mozer
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Publication number: 20200182149Abstract: A turbine engine fan having an axis of revolution wherein a fan disk having an upstream face and a radial face is configured to receive a series of fan blades. An inter-blade platform wherein an upstream end, a blocking ferrule, are applied and attached on the one hand to the upstream end of the platform and on the other hand to the upstream face of the fan disk, and an inlet cone. The blocking ferrule includes a radial ring and a lug, extending axially from the radial ring and configured to form a radial abutment for the inlet cone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Fabrice Michel Francois Rene AUBERT, Suzanne Madeleine COUSTILLAS, Paul Antoine FORESTO, Didier Pierre MOZER
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Patent number: 10057464Abstract: The invention relates to an assistive device for positioning a medical instrument (2) inserted into a natural duct (100) or an artificial duct of a patient relative to an internal organ (P) of a patient, wherein the device comprises a support (1) that is to be inserted at least in part into the body of the patient and supports the medical instrument, means for moving the support, wherein said movement means comprise an articulated arm (9) that includes a plurality of degrees of freedom for moving a proximal end (1a) of the support, means for acquiring images of the internal organ for positioning the medical instrument relative to the internal organ, wherein the image acquisition means comprise a probe (5) supported by the support such that the medical instrument and the probe are rigidly connected, and a control unit (10) for controlling the movement means, which is connected to the image acquisition means and comprises image analyzing means (11) for generating control commands for the articulated arm in ordeType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignees: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, KOELIS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Cecile Poquet, Pierre Mozer, Michael Baumann, Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Antoine Leroy, Patrick Henry, Gregoire Coffin
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Patent number: 9918856Abstract: A spacer including a first part made from a first shape memory material, and a second part made from a second shape memory material.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Universite Grenoble AlpesInventors: Denis Favier, Pierre Mozer, Yohan Payan, Gabriel Antherieu, Nathanael Connesson
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Patent number: 9895197Abstract: A device for guiding a medical instrument (2) inserted into a natural duct (101) or an artificial duct of a patient in order to bring at least a distal end (1) of the instrument in proximity to an internal organ (100). The device includes an articulated arm (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom, for moving a proximal end (4) of the instrument, and a controlled blocking mechanism (7) for blocking the degrees of freedom of the articulated arm. The blocking mechanism is designed in such a way that, for at least one of the degrees of freedom, a blockage imposed on the degree of freedom can be released when an outer stress exerted on the instrument (2) exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, KIELISInventors: Cecile Poquet, Pierre Mozer, Michael Baumann, Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Antoine Leroy, Patrick Henri
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Patent number: 9649169Abstract: The invention concerns an analysis method for a surgical operation via endoscopy performed at an operative site in a volume located inside the body of an animal, characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting of: detecting at least one instrument (1; 2; 3) present at the operative site, detecting at least one portion of an organ (4) in the vicinity of the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), determining the positioning of the detected instrument (1; 2; 3) relative to the detected organ (4), so that the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), the detected portion of organ (4) and their relative positioning form parameters defining a detected surgical step, selecting, in a database, a conceptual surgical step corresponding to the detected surgical step from to the detected instrument (1; 2; 3), the detected portion of organ (4) and their relative positioning, comparing the parameters of the detected surgical step with the parameters defining the selected conceptual surgical step to determine the differences betweeType: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Universite Grenoble AlpesInventors: Philippe Cinquin, Sandrine Voros, Pierre Mozer, Aurel Messas, Jean-Alexandre Long, Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry
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Publication number: 20160151179Abstract: A spacer including a first part made from a first shape memory material, and a second part made from a second shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicants: Universite Joseph Fourier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux De ParisInventors: Denis FAVIER, Pierre MOZER, Yohan PAYAN, Gabriel Antherieu, Nathanael CONNESSON
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Publication number: 20150374288Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system of an endo-urethral device for an artificial urinary sphincter implantable in the body of a patient, said sphincter comprising an occlusive cuff (2) adapted to compress the urethra, the bladder neck or the prostate of said patient, an activation device (5) of said cuff (2) and a control unit (6) adapted to control the activation device. Said system comprises at least one compression sensor (13) of the urethra and a posture sensor (9), and a processing unit (30) configured to determine: (i) if the compression parameter of the urethra exceeds a predetermined threshold during a predetermined period, (ii) if the patient is in a recumbent position. If the conditions (i) and (ii) are fulfilled, the processing unit sends to the activation device (5) an immediate reduction order of the compression exerted by the cuff (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Hamid LAMRAOUI, Pierre MOZER
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Patent number: 9127651Abstract: The invention relates to a device (22) for changing the pH of a solvent in which a substance is dissolved. The device includes a housing (24) in contact with the solvent through a housing wall (26) that is permissive to the solvent and the substance. The housing contains enzymes adapted for converting the substance in order to provide hydrogen or hydroxyle ions; the housing wall being non-permissive to the enzymes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIERInventors: Philippe Cinquin, François Lenouvel, Vanessa Durrieu, Stéphane Mathe, Pierre Mozer
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Patent number: 8989844Abstract: The invention concerns an imaging system to monitor at least one surgical instrument in an operative site inside a volume of the body of an animal, comprising: at least one endoscopic camera to obtain endoscopic data on the operative site, at least one ultrasound imaging device to obtain ultrasound data on the operative site, and a processing device to process the endoscopic and ultrasound data. The imaging system further comprising at least three markers intended to be positioned in the operative site, said markers being mobile relative to the instrument, each marker being adapted to be detected both by the endoscopic camera and by the ultrasound imaging device, so as to permit cross-mapping of the endoscopic and ultrasound data by the processing means.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignees: Endocontrol, Universite Joseph Fourier—Grenoble 1Inventors: Philippe Cinquin, Pierre Mozer, Sandrine Voros, Jean-Alexandre Long, Josselin Duchateau, Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry, Clement Vidal, Patrick Henri
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Publication number: 20140354792Abstract: The invention relates to an assistive device for positioning a medical instrument (2) inserted into a natural duct (100) or an artificial duct of a patient relative to an internal organ (P) of a patient, wherein the device comprises a support (1) that is to be inserted at least in part into the body of the patient and supports the medical instrument, means for moving the support, wherein said movement means comprise an articulated arm (9) that includes a plurality of degrees of freedom for moving a proximal end (1a) of the support, means for acquiring images of the internal organ for positioning the medical instrument relative to the internal organ, wherein the image acquisition means comprise a probe (5) supported by the support such that the medical instrument and the probe are rigidly connected, and a control unit (10) for controlling the movement means, which is connected to the image acquisition means and comprises image analyzing means (11) for generating control commands for the articulated arm in ordeType: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, KOELISInventors: Cécile Poquet, Pierre Mozer, Michael Baumann, Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Antoine Leroy, Patrick Henry, Grégoire Coffin
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Publication number: 20140296876Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding a medical instrument (2) inserted into a natural duel (101) or an artificial duct of a patient in order to bring at least a distal end (1) of the instrument in proximity to an internal organ (100), the device comprising an articulated arm (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom, for moving a proximal end (4) of the instrument, and controlled blocking means (7) for blocking the degrees of freedom of the articulated arm. According to the invention, the blocking means are designed in such a way that, for at Mast one of the degrees of freedom, a blockage imposed on said degree of freedom can be enforced when an outer stress exerted on the instrument (2) exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, KOELISInventors: Cécile Poquet, Pierre Mozer, Michael Baumann, Marie-Aude Vitrani, Guillaume Morel, Antoine Leroy, Patrick Henri
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Patent number: 8369592Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a prostatic imaging system including steps of recording and processing images acquired by the ultrasonographic head of a rectal probe equipped with an active puncture guide, characterized in that it includes steps of processing at least a part of the images acquired by the probe for calculating transformations to a “reference image” repository relative to the initial position of the prostate, at least a part of the images acquired during the successive punctures including the location of the various positions of the needle being recorded with a view to visualising representations thereof on a single image including at least a part of the prostate. The present disclosure also relates to a system for the prostatic imaging implementing said prostatic imaging method.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Koelis, Universite Joseph FourierInventors: Antoine Leroy, Michaël Baumann, Pierre Mozer, Jocelyne Troccaz, Vincent Daanen