Patents by Inventor Stéphane Lavallée

Stéphane Lavallée 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: 12588955
    Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system allows a user to control movements of a surgical tool by providing, to a control unit, inputs in the form of measured displacements via a movable part of a handle while treating a region of interest with the tool. The control unit is configured to enable motion of the tool with respect to an anatomical structure only if a user moves the movable part, receive the measured displacement of the movable part, receive from a localization unit the relative position and orientation of the tool relative to the anatomical structure, based on the measured displacement, on the surgical plan and on the relative position and orientation of the tool relative to the anatomical structure, compute an instruction to send to a motorized joint to move a robotic arm to operate the tool according to an optimal trajectory, and send the computed instruction to the motorized joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: MINMAXMEDICAL
    Inventors: Thomas Lonjaret, Elie Fournier, Christophe Dehan, Stéphane Lavallée, Sébastien Camet, Sylvain Fontaine, Jérémy Quintin
  • Patent number: 12564470
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tracking assembly (1) for a surgical robotic system, comprising at least two tracking patterns, wherein at least one of said at least two tracking patterns is adapted to be rotatably mounted relative to a tool guide (2) of the surgical GT robotic system so as to be moveable in rotation around a tool guide axis (X) normal to a reference plane (P), wherein each of said at least two tracking patterns defines a range of visibility substantially directed along a visibility axis, wherein an inclination relative to the reference plane (P) of the visibility axis of a first tracking pattern of the tracking assembly (1) is different from an inclination relative to the reference plane (P) of the visibility axis of a second tracking pattern of the tracking assembly (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: ECENTIAL ROBOTICS
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavallée, David Armand, Lucas Michel
  • Publication number: 20240245461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) for identifying during surgery a risk of modification of a geometric relationship between a patient tracker (10) attached to a patient (2) and a tracked bone of the patient (2), the system (100) comprising a. the patient tracker (10) b. a localization system (103) coupled to the patient tracker (10), c. a memory (102) in which a set of expected motions of the patient tracker is recorded, d. a control unit (101) connected to the memory (102) and the localization system (103), the control unit (101) being configured to monitor a motion of the patient tracker (10) during surgery, determine a difference between the motion of the patient tracker (10) and the set of expected motions of the patient tracker (10), and compare the difference to a predetermined threshold, e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavallée, David ARMAND, Clément VIDAL, Laurence CHABANAS
  • Publication number: 20230277271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tracking assembly (1) for a surgical robotic system, comprising at least two tracking patterns, wherein at least one of said at least two tracking patterns is adapted to be rotatably mounted relative to a tool guide (2) of the surgical GT robotic system so as to be moveable in rotation around a tool guide axis (X) normal to a reference plane (P), wherein each of said at least two tracking patterns defines a range of visibility substantially directed along a visibility axis, wherein an inclination relative to the reference plane (P) of the visibility axis of a first tracking pattern of the tracking assembly (1) is different from an inclination relative to the reference plane (P) of the visibility axis of a second tracking pattern of the tracking assembly (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavallée, David ARMAND, LUCAS MICHEL
  • Publication number: 20230190391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical robotic system (1) to reach a plurality of surgical targets inside a target space, said system comprising: —a robotic arm (4) having at least six degrees of freedom, the robotic arm comprising a base (40) located at a proximal end and a plurality of consecutive segments interconnected by a plurality of joints extending from the base (40) to a distal end, and said robotic arm having a first joint center (0) between the base (40) and the first segment (41), —an end effector (5) for holding a medical device such as a surgical instrument or a surgical tool guide, said end effector being mechanically coupled to the robotic arm distal end, —a movable cart (2) having a frontal side (20) comprising at least one frontal surface configured to be placed against a side (60) of an operating table (6), defining a horizontal axis (Ax) with a direction (x) orthogonal to the frontal surface and an origin point A located on the frontal surface such that all points located on the movable cart
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavallée, Adrien Léon, Christian Belly, Elie Fournier
  • Publication number: 20230146679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a safety criterion during an autonomous manipulation of a surgical tool (13) by a robotic system (1) to treat an anatomical structure (B) according to a planned trajectory (T3D) in a 3D image (I3D), said 3D image being registered with a patient tracker (30), and the robotic system (1) being servo-controlled on the movements of the patient tracker (30), the method comprising: a. acquiring at least one 2D X-ray image (I2D) containing the anatomical structure and the surgical tool by an X-ray imaging system (2), and for each at least one 2D X-ray acquisition: i. synchronously localizing the surgical tool and registering the 2D X-ray image (I2D) with the 3D image (I3D) in a region of interest around the anatomical structure, iii. generating a projection onto the 2D X-ray image (I2D) of a model of the surgical tool in its position relative to the 3D image computed in step (i) (‘projected localized position’), iv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavallée, David Armand, Laurence Chabanas
  • Publication number: 20230085725
    Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system allows a user to control movements of a surgical tool by providing, to a control unit, inputs in the form of measured displacements via a movable part of a handle while treating a region of interest with the tool. The control unit is configured to enable motion of the tool with respect to an anatomical structure only if a user moves the movable part, receive the measured displacement of the movable part, receive from a localization unit the relative position and orientation of the tool relative to the anatomical structure, based on the measured displacement, on the surgical plan and on the relative position and orientation of the tool relative to the anatomical structure, compute an instruction to send to a motorized joint to move a robotic arm to operate the tool according to an optimal trajectory, and send the computed instruction to the motorized joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas LONJARET, Elie FOURNIER, Christophe DEHAN, Stéphane Lavallée, Sébastien CAMET, Sylvain FONTAINE, Jérémy QUINTIN
  • Patent number: 7618419
    Abstract: A method and system of computer assistance to the preparation of the reduction of a fracture such that a patient's bony fragments are separated into first and second bone segments, with in bone segments being symmetrical to a third bone element. The method includes the steps of determining a first representation or bone model of the surface of the first bone segment, a second representation, at an initial position, of the second segment, and a third representation of the third bone element; determining by symmetry a fourth representation of the first and second bone segments of the fractured bone in the absence of a fracture, the fourth representation being matched with the first representation; matching the second representation with the fourth representation at a final position; and providing, by an interface element, information representative of the difference between the initial position and the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventor: Stéphane Lavallée