Patents by Inventor Thierry Dufout

Thierry Dufout 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: 8753397
    Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Publication number: 20130253648
    Abstract: An intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts is disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a first plate, a second plate, and a core, the upper surface of the core in contact with at least part of the lower surface of the upper plate and the lower surface of the core in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate, and the lower plate movable at least with respect to the core. Some embodiments comprise cooperation means to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate, and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core with respect to the lower plate, around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate, the planes passing through the upper is and lower plates forming a substantially constant angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Patent number: 8267999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part (10) of the lower surface of the upper plate (1) and the lower surface of the core (3) being in contact with at least part of the upper surface of the lower plate (2), and the lower plate (1) being movable at least with respect to the core (3), characterized in that there are cooperation means between the lower to plate (2) and the core (3), so as to limit or eliminate translation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2) along an axis substantially parallel to the lower plate (2), and to limit or eliminate rotation movements of the core (3) with respect to the lower plate (2), around an axis substantially perpendicular to the lower plate (2), the planes passing through the upper (1) is and lower
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert
  • Publication number: 20090204219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate,.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Jacques Beaurain, Jean-Marc Fuentes, Jean-Marc Vital, Thierry Dufout, Jean Huppert