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).
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Publication number: 20240066601Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SAFRANInventors: Mickaël VOIRON, Thomas GRICOURT, Nicolas OVAERE, Matthieu VIAL
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Patent number: 11446839Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTIONInventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
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Patent number: 11376109Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTIONInventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Patent number: 10959824Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTIONInventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Patent number: 10807265Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sofradim ProductionInventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
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Publication number: 20200316804Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
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Publication number: 20190380824Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Patent number: 10433944Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Sofradim ProductionInventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Patent number: 10159555Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Sofradim ProductionInventors: Pierre Bailly, Thomas Vial
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Publication number: 20160310254Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Publication number: 20160310253Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Rebecca Ferrand, Thomas Vial, Barbara Grepinet
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Publication number: 20150266197Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Stephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
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Publication number: 20150209129Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Thomas Vial