Patents by Inventor Thomas Vial

Thomas Vial 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).

  • Publication number: 20240066601
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing an aeronautical part by additive manufacturing, the part to be manufactured extending around a central axis and comprising at least two walls angled with respect to one another and connected to one another by means of at least one connection section comprised in a connection plane perpendicular to the central axis, the method comprising: providing a digital model of the part to be manufactured, orienting the digital model with respect to a vertical construction direction of the part so that the central axis of the part has an angle ? of between 0.1° and 1°; and manufacturing the part by additive manufacturing from the digital model obtained in the orientation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Mickaël VOIRON, Thomas GRICOURT, Nicolas OVAERE, Matthieu VIAL
  • Patent number: 11446839
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous support (20) intended to be removably positioned on a top side (11b) of a perforated plate (11) of a table (10) of a vacuum hold down device (1), the perforated plate having a bottom side (11a) connected to a vacuum system (13) for producing reduced pressure on the bottom side, wherein the porous support includes a perforated tray (21) provided on one side (21a) with outer reliefs (23) and on the other side (21b) with a blade penetrable porous structure (22) fixed thereon. The invention further relates to a vacuum hold down device (1) including such a support. The invention also relates to a process for replacing a first porous support by a second porous support in such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
  • Patent number: 11376109
    Abstract: The invention concerns a flat package for a non sterile protective pouch (16) receiving a sterile surgical mesh; the package includes: an external envelope (2) including a front panel (3) and a complementary back panel (4), the inner face of the front panel (3) and the inner face of the back panel (4) being bonded respectively with a front layer (17) and with a back layer (18) of an internal envelope (15) made of a moisture-impervious material, the front panel (3) and the back panel (4) being jointed along the contours of the external envelope and, the package having an opening end comprising two tearable portions (8) configured to separate the front panel (3) upon which the front layer (17) of the internal envelope (15) is bonded from the back panel (4) upon which the back layer (18) of the internal envelope (15) is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Patent number: 10959824
    Abstract: The package (1) for a surgical mesh (100) comprises: a receiving member (2) configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh (100), and a covering member (3) configured and dimensioned to cover the said at least one surgical mesh (100) maintaining with the receiving member (2) the surgical mesh (100) in a substantially flat position, and a gas channelling network interposed between the said receiving member (2) and the said covering member (3) configured to channel a sterilization gas within the at least one surgical mesh (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Patent number: 10807265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous support intended to be removably positioned on a top side of a perforated plate of a table of a vacuum hold down device, the perforated plate having a bottom side connected to a vacuum system for producing reduced pressure on the bottom side, wherein the porous support comprises a perforated tray provided on one side with outer reliefs and on the other side with a blade penetrable porous structure fixed thereon. The invention further relates to a vacuum hold down device comprising such a support. The invention also relates to a process for replacing a first porous support by a second porous support in such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
  • Publication number: 20200316804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous support (20) intended to be removably positioned on a top side (11b) of a perforated plate (11) of a table (10) of a vacuum hold down device (1), said perforated plate having a bottom side (11a) connected to a vacuum system (13) for producing reduced pressure on said bottom side, wherein the porous support comprises a perforated tray (21) provided on one side (21a) with outer reliefs (23) and on the other side (21b) with a blade penetrable porous structure (22) fixed thereon. The invention further relates to a vacuum hold down device (1) comprising such a support. The invention also relates to a process for replacing a first porous support by a second porous support in such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
  • Publication number: 20190380824
    Abstract: The package (1) for a surgical mesh (100) comprises: a receiving member (2) configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh (100), and a covering member (3) configured and dimensioned to cover the said at least one surgical mesh (100) maintaining with the receiving member (2) the surgical mesh (100) in a substantially flat position, and a gas channelling network interposed between the said receiving member (2) and the said covering member (3) configured to channel a sterilization gas within the at least one surgical mesh (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Patent number: 10433944
    Abstract: The package (1) for a surgical mesh (100) comprises: a receiving member (2) configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh (100), and a covering member (3) configured and dimensioned to cover the said at least one surgical mesh (100) maintaining with the receiving member (2) the surgical mesh (100) in a substantially flat position, and a gas channelling network interposed between the said receiving member (2) and the said covering member (3) configured to channel a sterilization gas within the at least one surgical mesh (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Patent number: 10159555
    Abstract: A packaging member for a hernia repair device including a surgical mesh and at least one grasping member. The packaging member includes a central portion configured to receive the surgical mesh, at least one recessed track section configured to receive the at least one grasping member, and a knob extending into the at least one recessed track section. The knob is configured to retain the at least one grasping member within the at least one recessed track section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Thomas Vial
  • Publication number: 20160310254
    Abstract: The package (1) for a surgical mesh (100) comprises: a receiving member (2) configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh (100), and a covering member (3) configured and dimensioned to cover the said at least one surgical mesh (100) maintaining with the receiving member (2) the surgical mesh (100) in a substantially flat position, and a gas channelling network interposed between the said receiving member (2) and the said covering member (3) configured to channel a sterilization gas within the at least one surgical mesh (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Publication number: 20160310253
    Abstract: The invention concerns a flat package for a non sterile protective pouch (16) receiving a sterile surgical mesh; the package includes: an external envelope (2) including a front panel (3) and a complementary back panel (4), the inner face of the front panel (3) and the inner face of the back panel (4) being bonded respectively with a front layer (17) and with a back layer (18) of an internal envelope (15) made of a moisture-impervious material, the front panel (3) and the back panel (4) being jointed along the contours of the external envelope and, the package having an opening end comprising two tearable portions (8) configured to separate the front panel (3) upon which the front layer (17) of the internal envelope (15) is bonded from the back panel (4) upon which the back layer (18) of the internal envelope (15) is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
  • Publication number: 20150266197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous support intended to be removably positioned on a top side of a perforated plate of a table of a vacuum hold down device, the perforated plate having a bottom side connected to a vacuum system for producing reduced pressure on the bottom side, wherein the porous support comprises a perforated tray provided on one side with outer reliefs and on the other side with a blade penetrable porous structure fixed thereon. The invention further relates to a vacuum hold down device comprising such a support. The invention also relates to a process for replacing a first porous support by a second porous support in such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
  • Publication number: 20150209129
    Abstract: A packaging member for a hernia repair device including a surgical mesh and at least one grasping member. The packaging member includes a central portion configured to receive the surgical mesh, at least one recessed track section configured to receive the at least one grasping member, and a knob extending into the at least one recessed track section. The knob is configured to retain the at least one grasping member within the at least one recessed track section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Thomas Vial