Patents by Inventor Régis Le Couedic

Régis Le Couedic 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).

  • Patent number: 11160584
    Abstract: A method for attaching a flat and flexible band on at least one bone part is disclosed. The band includes two end portions. A rigid base body crossed by an opening, and a retaining part that can be inserted in the opening is employed. The retaining part is at least partially in the shape of a squeezable wedge comprising a central bore for passage of the end portions facing the flexible band, the bore having a transverse cross-section that can be deformed between a first cross-section for free passage of the end portions when the part has not been inserted in the opening and a second cross-section for locking the end portions by compression when the part is entirely or substantially entirely inserted in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Denis Pasquet, Régis Le Couëdic
  • Patent number: 10543023
    Abstract: A device and a system comprising such a device, for fixing a spinal vertebra to a rod. The device comprises a pedicle screw and an anchor lug for fixing the screw to the rod. The device also comprises a flexible strip for connection to the vertebra, a ring secured to the lug, and means secured to said ring, for adjustably locking the flexible strip in relation to the anchor lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Régis Le Couëdic, Denis Pasquet
  • Publication number: 20200000496
    Abstract: A method for attaching a flat and flexible band on at least one bone part is disclosed. The band includes two end portions. A rigid base body crossed by an opening, and a retaining part that can be inserted in the opening is employed. The retaining part is at least partially in the shape of a squeezable wedge comprising a central bore for passage of the end portions facing the flexible band, the bore having a transverse cross-section that can be deformed between a first cross-section for free passage of the end portions when the part has not been inserted in the opening and a second cross-section for locking the end portions by compression when the part is entirely or substantially entirely inserted in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Denis Pasquet, Régis Le Couëdic
  • Patent number: 10433879
    Abstract: A device for attaching a flat and flexible band on at least one bone part, comprising the band having two end portions, a rigid base body crossed by an opening, and a retaining part that can be inserted in the opening. The retaining part is at least partially in the shape of a squeezable wedge comprising a central bore for passage of the end portions facing the flexible band, the bore having a transverse cross-section that can be deformed between a first cross-section for free passage of the end portions when the part has not been inserted in the opening and a second cross-section for locking the end portions by compression when the part is entirely or substantially entirely inserted in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Denis Pasquet, Régis Le Couëdic
  • Patent number: 10430749
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention relate to a method for monitoring the use of sensitive products (16) in which the products and/or their packaging are marked and identified and then the products are marketed while storing successively their references in a CENTRAL FILE, associated with determined user customers and with suppliers, then in stock-management files (30, 30?) and, gradually as they are used at a user customer, in customer files (34, 34?, etc.). If one or more anomalies are found making it possible to qualify a product of determined type as defective (RD), data comprising the reference of the defective product can be automatically and simultaneously transmitted to all of the media of the various files, the reference of the defective product is automatically compared (35, 35?, etc.) with the product references appearing in the files, and in the event of a positive comparison, a warning signal is immediately or substantially immediately triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBAL HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE, LLC
    Inventors: Régis Le Couedic, Erick Cloix
  • Patent number: 10426537
    Abstract: A method and instrument for tensioning a flexible tie used for fastening an implant on a bony element by forming a first loop around it. In some embodiments, the instrument comprises a shaft having a distal end configured for contact with a rod, a moving part slidably engaged with the shaft, a holder connected to the moving part and configured to hold an end of the flexible tie, and a tension control member comprising a trigger that pivots relative to the moving part. In some embodiments, the method comprises coupling the end of the flexible tie to the instrument and squeezing the trigger to shorten the first loop of the flexible tie around the bony element, causing the moving part and the holder holding the end of the flexible tie to move in translation away from the distal end of the shaft, thereby exerting tension on the flexible tie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic, Keyvan Mazda
  • Patent number: 10420590
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation system comprising two fixation parts which each have a pedicular element that can be engaged in a vertebral pedicle and are connected to each other by a connecting element. The connecting element is a flexible strip, the pedicular elements are screws, and each fixation part comprises a fixation head on a rod secured to means for adjustably locking the flexible strip under tension in relation to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Régis Le Couëdic, Denis Pasquet
  • Patent number: 10034761
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an intersomatic implant (2) comprising a body (4) suitable for being inserted between two vertebrae (1) to space them a predetermined distance apart, the body (4) being provided on either side, respectively, with a contact surface (5, 5?) with the corresponding vertebrae (1). The body (4) is formed from an oblong part of predetermined thickness provided at a first so-called proximal end with a gripping cam (9) mounted movable in rotation relative to the part about an axis perpendicular to the two surfaces (5, 5?), between two predetermined angular positions. The contact surfaces (5, 5?) are either parallel or substantially parallel to one another, and each contact surface (5, 5?) of the body (4) with a corresponding vertebra (1) comprises a set of curved longitudinal protrusions (7, 7?, 7?) which decrease in height towards the distal ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic
  • Publication number: 20180199973
    Abstract: A method and instrument for tensioning a flexible tie used for fastening an implant on a bony element by forming a first loop around it. In some embodiments, the instrument comprises a shaft having a distal end configured for contact with a rod, a moving part slidably engaged with the shaft, a holder connected to the moving part and configured to hold an end of the flexible tie, and a tension control member comprising a trigger that pivots relative to the moving part. In some embodiments, the method comprises coupling the end of the flexible tie to the instrument and squeezing the trigger to shorten the first loop of the flexible tie around the bony element, causing the moving part and the holder holding the end of the flexible tie to move in translation away from the distal end of the shaft, thereby exerting tension on the flexible tie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic, Keyvan Mazda
  • Publication number: 20180132905
    Abstract: A device and a system comprising such a device, for fixing a spinal vertebra to a rod. The device comprises a pedicle screw and an anchor lug for fixing the screw to the rod. The device also comprises a flexible strip for connection to the vertebra, a ring secured to the lug, and means secured to said ring, for adjustably locking the flexible strip in relation to the anchor lug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Régis Le Couëdic, Denis Pasquet
  • Patent number: 9949778
    Abstract: A spinal implant can be fastened on a bony element of a patient via a flexible tie. In some embodiments, the spinal implant has two jaws, each having a recess and an opening. The recess is configured to receive a portion of a rod. A portion of the flexible tie is passed through the opening and between a wall of the recess and a surface of the rod to form a loop that can be placed around the bony element. The two jaws are hinged at one end and engaged at the opposite end via a locking member. The locking member can be adjusted to simultaneously hold the jaws together in a fixed position relative to the rod and lock the flexible tie, which has been properly tensioned, in translation relative to the spinal implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine S.A.S.
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Régis Le Couedic, Keyvan Mazda
  • Publication number: 20180078286
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation system comprising two fixation parts which each have a pedicular element that can be engaged in a vertebral pedicle and are connected to each other by a connecting element. The connecting element is a flexible strip, the pedicular elements are screws, and each fixation part comprises a fixation head on a rod secured to means for adjustably locking the flexible strip under tension in relation to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Régis Le Couëdic, Denis Pasquet
  • Patent number: 9861397
    Abstract: A vertebral attachment system and method for retaining a spinal vertebra (25) on a rod (2) employ a device (1) including a body (3) for attachment to the rod, a flexible strip (4) for linking the vertebra to the attachment body and a means (5) for adjustably locking the flexible strip on the attachment body. The attachment body (3) is made of a single part having a U-shaped cross-section, for passing the rod between the bottom wall (10) of the U and the adjustable locking means. The adjustable locking means (5) consists of a linking part (18) connecting the opposite ends of the two arms (6, 7) of the U, arranged such as to compress the rod against the wall. The arms (6, 7) each include a recess (14) opposite thereof, located on the bottom side of the U, for passing the two ends of the strip between the bottom and the rod in order to form a loop for attachment to a vertebra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic
  • Patent number: 9861396
    Abstract: A vertebral attachment system and method for retaining a spinal vertebra (25) on a rod (2) employ a device (1) including a body (3) for attachment to the rod, a flexible strip (4) for linking the vertebra to the attachment body and a means (5) for adjustably locking the flexible strip on the attachment body. The attachment body (3) is made of a single part having a U-shaped cross-section, for passing the rod between the bottom wall (10) of the U and the adjustable locking means. The adjustable locking means (5) consists of a linking part (18) connecting the opposite ends of the two arms (6, 7) of the U, arranged such as to compress the rod against the wall. The arms (6, 7) each include a recess (14) opposite thereof, located on the bottom side of the U, for passing the two ends of the strip between the bottom and the rod in order to form a loop for attachment to a vertebra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic
  • Patent number: 9848921
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method of placing a vertebral fixing system on a vertebra. The vertebral fixing system comprises a connecting part with members forming a space into which a rod may be inserted. The members are moveable relative to each other. A portion of a ligature may be passed through the connecting part to form a loop extending from the connecting part. When the rod is inserted in the space between the members, the ligature may be tensioned against the rod. The members of the connecting part may be driven together to hold the ligature in place. An adjustable locking means may be utilized to fix simultaneously in position the connecting part relative to the rod and at least one portion of the ligature relative to the connecting part, so as to prevent relative displacement of the rod and the vertebra in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine S.A.S.
    Inventors: Keyvan Mazda, Régis Le Couedic
  • Publication number: 20170360484
    Abstract: A device for attaching a flat and flexible band on at least one bone part, comprising the band having two end portions, a rigid base body crossed by an opening, and a retaining part that can be inserted in the opening. The retaining part is at least partially in the shape of a squeezable wedge comprising a central bore for passage of the end portions facing the flexible band, the bore having a transverse cross-section that can be deformed between a first cross-section for free passage of the end portions when the part has not been inserted in the opening and a second cross-section for locking the end portions by compression when the part is entirely or substantially entirely inserted in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: IMPLANET
    Inventors: Denis Pasquet, Régis Le Couëdic
  • Patent number: 9775651
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation device and corresponding method of fixation hold a spinal vertebra on a rod. The device has a fixation element including a component of substantially U-shaped cross section with a first branch, a bottom and a second branch. A loop is formed by a flexible band for connecting the vertebra to the component, and which passes through recesses provided in the branches. Adjustable means for immobilizing the flexible band are provided. Those means include a connector screw having a head for longitudinal immobilization of the screw with respect to the first branch a thread for screwing in the second branch. A removable sleeve for passage of the screw, insertable in the first branch, in longitudinal abutment with the head of the screw is provided and presents a chamfered part designed to cooperate with the rod to compress the band between the rod and the bottom of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Regis Le Couedic, Christian Baccelli
  • Publication number: 20170172626
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method of placing a vertebral fixing system on a vertebra. The vertebral fixing system comprises a connecting part with members forming a space into which a rod may be inserted. The members are moveable relative to each other. A portion of a ligature may be passed through the connecting part to form a loop extending from the connecting part. When the rod is inserted in the space between the members, the ligature may be tensioned against the rod. The members of the connecting part may be driven together to hold the ligature in place. An adjustable locking means may be utilized to fix simultaneously in position the connecting part relative to the rod and at least one portion of the ligature relative to the connecting part, so as to prevent relative displacement of the rod and the vertebra in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Keyvan Mazda, Regis Le Couedic
  • Publication number: 20170014163
    Abstract: A vertebral attachment system and method for retaining a spinal vertebra (25) on a rod (2) employ a device (1) including a body (3) for attachment to the rod, a flexible strip (4) for linking the vertebra to the attachment body and a means (5) for adjustably locking the flexible strip on the attachment body. The attachment body (3) is made of a single part having a U-shaped cross-section, for passing the rod between the bottom wall (10) of the U and the adjustable locking means. The adjustable locking means (5) consists of a linking part (18) connecting the opposite ends of the two arms (6, 7) of the U, arranged such as to compress the rod against the wall. The arms (6, 7) each include a recess (14) opposite thereof, located on the bottom side of the U, for passing the two ends of the strip between the bottom and the rod in order to form a loop for attachment to a vertebra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic
  • Publication number: 20170014164
    Abstract: A vertebral attachment system and method for retaining a spinal vertebra (25) on a rod (2) employ a device (1) including a body (3) for attachment to the rod, a flexible strip (4) for linking the vertebra to the attachment body and a means (5) for adjustably locking the flexible strip on the attachment body. The attachment body (3) is made of a single part having a U-shaped cross-section, for passing the rod between the bottom wall (10) of the U and the adjustable locking means. The adjustable locking means (5) consists of a linking part (18) connecting the opposite ends of the two arms (6, 7) of the U, arranged such as to compress the rod against the wall. The arms (6, 7) each include a recess (14) opposite thereof, located on the bottom side of the U, for passing the two ends of the strip between the bottom and the rod in order to form a loop for attachment to a vertebra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Implanet, Societe Anonyme
    Inventors: Christian Baccelli, Regis Le Couedic