Patents by Inventor Valentin KERSPERN

Valentin KERSPERN 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: 20230285159
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides dynamic interbody fusion devices and methods of making and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Éric CHEVALIER, Valentin KERSPERN
  • Publication number: 20230040002
    Abstract: A system for evaluating the evolution of the structure of a subject's bone, the system including an implantable medical device including an implant body intended to be attached to the bone of the subject and at least one reflector coupled to the implant body, the reflector being configured to reflect an electromagnetic signal and being embedded in a surrounding tissue of the subject when the implant body is attached to the subject's bone and a calculation module configured to compute a parameter representative of the structure of the subject's bone, wherein the parameter is computed from a reflected signal corresponding to a reflection, on the reflector embedded in the surrounding tissue of the subject, of an excitation signal including at least one frequency in the characteristic frequency range of the reflector, the reflected signal being representative of at least one electrical property of the surrounding tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SMALL BONE LENGTHENING LLC
    Inventors: Éric CHEVALIER, Valentin KERSPERN
  • Publication number: 20220378479
    Abstract: A system for evaluating the evolution of a subject's bone structure, including an implantable medical device and a calculation module for computing a parameter representative of the bone structure. The implantable medical device has a distraction body and reflector(s). The distraction body distracts osteotomically separated bone section bodies and includes first/second blocks for implantation and attachment to first/second bone sections, the second bone section separated from the first bone section by an osteotomy, and an actuator for adjusting space between the first/second blocks, enabling distraction between the first/second bone sections. Each reflector reflects an electromagnetic signal and is embedded in a surrounding tissue when the distraction body is attached to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SMALL BONE LENGTHENING LLC
    Inventors: Éric CHEVALIER, Valentin KERSPERN
  • Patent number: 11399902
    Abstract: A medical system comprising: a robotic arm, a control unit configured to issue a control signal, a medical device intended to penetrate an anatomical structure, the medical device being configured to emit a warning signal which varies as a function of a variable electrical characteristic of the anatomical structure, said medical device comprising a body with first and second electrodes, an electric generator suitable for applying at least one measurement electric current between the first and second electrodes, and a processing device suitable for determining a measurement parameter related to the electrical characteristic, based on said at least one measurement electric current, and for emitting the warning signal corresponding to the measurement parameter, wherein the control unit is configured to issue the control signal as a function of the warning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: SpineGuard, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM (Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Olivier Frezal, Guillaume Morel, Stéphane Bette, Thibault Chandanson, Florian Richer, Valentin Kerspern
  • Patent number: 11344372
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods are provided verifying that a robotic surgery is being performed in accordance with a surgical plan, wherein a surgical tool having a sensor outputs a data signal that enables the trajectory of the surgical tool to be displayed as an overlay on an image of an anatomical portion of a patient and a visual or audible signal that confirms the surgical tool is penetrating the anatomical portion in accordance with the surgical plan and/or that issues an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted into the anatomical portion according to the surgical plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: SpineGuard Vincennes, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM (Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Maurice Bourlion, Olivier Frezal, Guillaume Morel, Stephane Bette, Thibault Chandanson, Florian Richer, Valentin Kerspern
  • Publication number: 20210282862
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods are provided verifying that a robotic surgery is being performed in accordance with a surgical plan, wherein a surgical tool having a sensor outputs a data signal that enables the trajectory of the surgical tool to be displayed as an overlay on an image of an anatomical portion of a patient and a visual or audible signal that confirms the surgical tool is penetrating the anatomical portion in accordance with the surgical plan and/or that issues an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted into the anatomical portion according to the surgical plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: SpineGuard, Sorbonne Universite, INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS
    Inventors: Maurice BOURLION, Olivier FREZAL, Guillaume MOREL, Stephane BETTE, Thibault CHANDANSON, Florian RICHER, Valentin KERSPERN
  • Publication number: 20210186643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for evaluating the evolution of the structure of a bone of a subject, said system comprising an implantable medical device comprising a distraction body and at least one reflector coupled to the distraction body, said distraction body being configured to distract osteotomically separated bone section bodies and comprising a first block for implantation and attachment to a first bone section, a second block for implantation and attachment to a second bone section separated from the first bone section by an osteotomy, an actuator configured to adjust the space between the first block and the second block when activated, enabling distraction between the first bone section and the second bone section, wherein said at least one reflector is configured to reflect an electromagnetic signal and is embedded in a surrounding tissue of the subject when the distraction body is attached to the bone of the subject, a calculation module configured to compute a parameter representati
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: ENDOTACT
    Inventors: Éric CHEVALIER, Valentin KERSPERN
  • Publication number: 20200324408
    Abstract: A medical system comprising: a robotic arm, a control unit configured to issue a control signal, a medical device intended to penetrate an anatomical structure, the medical device being configured to emit a warning signal which varies as a function of a variable electrical characteristic of the anatomical structure, said medical device comprising a body with first and second electrodes, an electric generator suitable for applying at least one measurement electric current between the first and second electrodes, and a processing device suitable for determining a measurement parameter related to the electrical characteristic, based on said at least one measurement electric current, and for emitting the warning signal corresponding to the measurement parameter, wherein the control unit is configured to issue the control signal as a function of the warning signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicants: SPINEGUARD, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -
    Inventors: Maurice BOURLION, Olivier FREZAL, Guillaume MOREL, Stéphans BETTE, Thibault CHANDANSON, Florian RICHER, Valentin KERSPERN