Patents by Inventor Toufik ZAKARIA

Toufik ZAKARIA 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: 8920428
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to surgical instrumentation specific to a patient for preparing a bone including a patient-specific block delimiting a supporting surface shaped to fit the bone, and a main portion partly delimiting the fixed supporting surface and at least two primary orifices for receiving a primary pin, crossing the block between the supporting surface and an opposite surface. The instrumentation also includes a secondary portion which belongs to the block, partly delimits the supporting surface and includes at least two secondary orifices for receiving a bone preparation tool crossing the block between the supporting surface and opposite surface, and a mechanism for mechanically disengaging the secondary portion with respect to the main portion, suitable for, when the main portion is attached onto the bone with primary pins passed into the primary orifices, making the secondary portion removable with respect to the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tornier
    Inventors: Toufik Zakaria, Emmanuel Lizee
  • Publication number: 20130197528
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to surgical instrumentation specific to a patient for preparing a bone including a patient-specific block delimiting a supporting surface shaped to fit the bone, and including a main portion partly delimiting the fixed supporting surface and at least two primary orifices for receiving a primary pin, crossing the block between the supporting surface and an opposite surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: TORNIER SAS
    Inventors: Toufik ZAKARIA, Emmanuel LIZEE