Patents by Inventor Valérie Zaphiratos

Valérie Zaphiratos 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).

  • Magnetic interference reducing surgical drape
    Patent number: 9232976
    Abstract: A magnetic drape comprises a drape body made of a flexible material. The drape body has a panel portion having an undersurface adapted to be laid on an uneven body and a top surface, and a given thickness between the undersurface and the top surface. A plurality of magnet units are within the flexible material of the drape body, with each said magnet unit comprising a shielding material in the shape of a cup oriented to have a bottom wall facing toward the undersurface of the drape body, and a magnet received at least partially in the cup. The magnet comprises two or more sections arranged to expose opposite polarity on a top surface of the magnetic drape, with each said section having opposite polarities oriented vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: RSEM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Fortier, Valérie Zaphiratos, Howard Burman, Daniel Spooner, René Gosselin, Richard Côté
  • MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE REDUCING SURGICAL DRAPE
    Publication number: 20130199544
    Abstract: A magnetic drape comprises a drape body made of a flexible material. The drape body has a panel portion having an undersurface adapted to be laid on an uneven body and a top surface, and a given thickness between the undersurface and the top surface. A plurality of magnet units are within the flexible material of the drape body, with each said magnet unit comprising a shielding material in the shape of a cup oriented to have a bottom wall facing toward the undersurface of the drape body, and a magnet received at least partially in the cup. The magnet comprises two or more sections arranged to expose opposite polarity on a top surface of the magnetic drape, with each said section having opposite polarities oriented vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Fortier, Valérie Zaphiratos, Howard Burman, Daniel Spooner, René Gosselin, Richard Côté