Patents by Inventor Sylvain Auvert

Sylvain Auvert 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: 5976185
    Abstract: An intra-ocular ball for constituting a prosthesis after enucleation or evisceration of an eye is made of porous sintered alumina having interconnected pores with a diameter of about 300 microns, and capable of receiving a driver after colonization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: F.C.I. (France Chirurgie Instrumentation) S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Guena, Sylvain Auvert, Christophe Chaput
  • Patent number: 5417651
    Abstract: A punctum plug and probe for lacrimal pathology includes the plug having a flange, a neck and a bulb portion, wherein the flange is inclined at an angle of approximately 130.degree. with respect to the symmetry axis, the foot portion being radially flexible from its resting position towards the symmetry axis, and the plug constitutes a head for the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventors: Nicolas Guena, Sylvain Auvert