Patents by Inventor Yann ZIMMERMANN

Yann ZIMMERMANN 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: 20230094132
    Abstract: A device for registering a bone for a robotic shoulder arthroplasty with a surgical robot. The device can include a first portion engageable with a first portion of a bone and can include a second portion engageable with a second portion of the bone, the second portion connected to the first portion and rotatable with respect to the first portion. The device can include a registration device connectable to the first portion and configured to interface with the surgical robot for registration of the device and the bone. The device can include an actuator engageable with the first portion and the second portion to move the second portion toward a closed position away from an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Basta, Alexis Balli, Jeremie Menard, Karine Dupuis, Yann Zimmermann, Aiden Reich, Ajith Airody, Bruno Chabot, VanGiau Luu, Trong-Tin Nguyen, Louis-Philippe Amiot, Maxime Besson
  • Publication number: 20230023476
    Abstract: An reaming system can be connectable to a robotic surgical system including an end effector of a robotic arm. The reaming system can include a reaming guide and a reamer. The reaming guide can include a body releasably couplable to the end effector at a proximal portion of the body and a housing located at a distal portion of the body. The reamer can be operable to ream bone. The reamer can include a support releasably couplable to the housing to secure the reamer to the reaming guide and the end effector. The reamer can include a cutting head connected to the support, the cutting head rotatable with respect to the housing when the support is coupled to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ajith Airody, Alexis Balli, Ian Basta, Bruno Chabot, Karine Dupuis, VanGiau Luu, Jeremie Menard, Aiden Reich, Yann Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220398744
    Abstract: A system for tracking at least one object in computer-assisted surgery may include a processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining orientation data from at least one inertial sensor unit on at least one object; concurrently obtaining position and orientation data for a robot arm relative to a frame of reference; registering the at least one object with the robot arm to determine a position of the at least one object in the frame of reference; and continuously tracking and outputting the position and orientation of the at least one object in the frame of reference, using the orientation data from the at least one inertial sensor unit on the at least one object and the position and orientation data for the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre COUTURE, Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Karine DUVAL, Bruno ANDRE, Delphine CIRETTE, Yann ZIMMERMANN, Ronan LACOUR