Patents by Inventor Stéphane Bette

Stéphane Bette 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: 12594127
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods are provided verifying the surgery is being performed in accordance with a surgical plan, wherein a surgical tool having a sensor outputs a data signal that enables the trajectory of the surgical tool to be displayed as an overlay on an image of an anatomical portion of a patient and a visual or audible signal that confirms the surgical tool is penetrating the anatomical portion in accordance with the surgical plan and/or that issues an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted into the anatomical portion according to the surgical plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: SpineGuard, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Stéphane Bette, Maurice Bourlion, Thibault Chandanson
  • Patent number: 11399902
    Abstract: A medical system comprising: a robotic arm, a control unit configured to issue a control signal, a medical device intended to penetrate an anatomical structure, the medical device being configured to emit a warning signal which varies as a function of a variable electrical characteristic of the anatomical structure, said medical device comprising a body with first and second electrodes, an electric generator suitable for applying at least one measurement electric current between the first and second electrodes, and a processing device suitable for determining a measurement parameter related to the electrical characteristic, based on said at least one measurement electric current, and for emitting the warning signal corresponding to the measurement parameter, wherein the control unit is configured to issue the control signal as a function of the warning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: SpineGuard, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM (Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Olivier Frezal, Guillaume Morel, Stéphane Bette, Thibault Chandanson, Florian Richer, Valentin Kerspern
  • Patent number: 11291381
    Abstract: A medical system including a body; a first electrode; a second electrode; an electric generator; and a processing device suitable for determining an electrical characteristic that represents the capacity of the tissue of an anatomical structure between first and second contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes to conduct the electric current, and for emitting a warning signal corresponding to the determined electrical characteristic, the warning signal being intermittent. The processing device is suitable for detecting a variation in the electrical characteristic and for varying at least one variable parameter of the warning signal after a time delay, in accordance with the variation in the electrical characteristic, has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SPINEGUARD
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Ciaran Bolger, Olivier Frezal, Stéphane Bette
  • Publication number: 20180098714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical system including: a body; a first electrode; a second electrode; an electric generator; and a processing device suitable for determining an electrical characteristic that represents the capacitance of the tissue of an anatomical structure between first and second contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes to conduct the electric current, and for emitting a warning signal corresponding to the determined electrical characteristic, the warning signal being intermittent. In said medical system, the processing device is suitable for detecting a variation in the electrical characteristic and for varying at least one variable parameter of the warning signal after a time delay, in accordance with the variation in the electrical characteristic, has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: SPINEGURAD
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Ciaran Bolger, Olivier Frezel, Stéphane Bette
  • Patent number: 9901283
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the consolidation of a bone structure, comprising: a system for determining the quality of the bone structure, including a body, first and second electrodes arranged on the body, an electric generator for applying an electric current, a measurement device for measuring the electric current, and a processing device for determining an electrical magnitude representative of the aptitude of the bone structure for allowing electric current to pass therethrough and for delivering a signal representative of the quality of the bone structure, using the determined electrical magnitude; and a device selected from between an electrical stimulation device for applying an electric bone-growth stimulation and a fixation device for immobilizing the bone structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Stéphane Bette
  • Publication number: 20130296734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the consolidation of a bone structure, comprising: a system for determining the quality of the bone structure, including a body, first and second electrodes arranged on the body, an electric generator for applying an electric current, a measurement device for measuring the electric current, and a processing device for determining an electrical magnitude representative of the aptitude of the bone structure for allowing electric current to pass therethrough and for delivering a signal representative of the quality of the bone structure, using the determined electrical magnitude; and a device selected from between an electrical stimulation device for applying an electric bone-growth stimulation and a fixation device for immobilising the bone structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SPINEGUARD
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Stéphane Bette
  • Publication number: 20090216237
    Abstract: The invention concerns an instrument for moving a vertebra (1) relative to another (2) comprising: a stem (3) consisting of a substantially horizontal crosspicce (5) and a first arm (4) whereof the lower end (15) has means (24) to be anchored to a first vertebra (2); and a second arm (6) whereof the lower end (10) has means (25) for being anchored to a second vertebra (1), and one upper end has a means (7) for actuating in translation said second arm (6) along a direction substantially perpendicular to the crosspiece (5), said actuating means being associated with the crosspiece (5). The second arm (6) is deformable along at least one degree of freedom between the lower end (10) of the second arm (6) and its actuating means (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SPINEVISION
    Inventors: Olivier Frezal, Dominique Petit, Stéphane Bette