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Christophe Vailhe
Also filed as: VAILHE CHRISTOPHE
17 granted patents·3 pending applications·21 citations·filing 2015–2023
89Inventor score
Files withETHICON INC20
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20 records- 0193US11559610B2Low temperature cured silicone lubricious coatingsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 24, 2023·5 cites·15 claims
- 0287US11969524B2Low temperature cured silicone lubricious coatingsETHICON INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 30, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 0382US11229430B2Systems, devices and methods of using needle sheaths for passing curved, superelastic suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 25, 2022·5 cites·22 claims
- 0474US11826796B2Non-hazardous cleaning solution and process for cleaning blackened needlesETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 28, 2023·0 cites·11 claims
- 0571US11542607B2Process for the rapid blackening of surgical needlesETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 3, 2023·0 cites·24 claims
- 0667US11213866B2Non-hazardous cleaning solution and process for cleaning blackened needlesETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 4, 2022·0 cites·11 claims
- 0765US12096930B2Reconfigurable suture needles being transformable between higher profile configurations and lower profile configurationsETHICON INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 24, 2024·0 cites·15 claims
- 0864US12303125B2Methods, systems and devices for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles to surgical sitesETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 20, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 0964US2022104810A1Suture needle packages for loading suture needles and methods of passing suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 1062US11234691B2Composite suture needles having rotatable sectionsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 1, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 1159US11219449B2Suture needle packages for loading suture needles and methods of passing suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 11, 2022·0 cites·24 claims
- 1259US11103237B2Systems, devices and methods for storing suture needles and using robotics for delivering selected suture needles through trocarsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 31, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 1357USD912819SSuture needle having a rotatable jointETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 9, 2021·6 cites·1 claims
- 1457US2023149014A1Systems, devices and methods of making highly elastic suture needles for minimally invasive surgeryETHICON INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1556US10364501B2Process for the rapid blackening of surgical needlesETHICON INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·0 cites·39 claims
- 1654USD912251SSuture needle having a wave shapeETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 2, 2021·5 cites·1 claims
- 1751US11272923B2Systems, devices and methods for securing sutures to surgical needles made of superelastic materialsETHICON INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 15, 2022·0 cites·17 claims
- 1850US11612392B2Systems, devices and methods of making highly elastic suture needles for minimally invasive surgeryETHICON INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 28, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 1947US11083822B2Combination cellulose material and method of making sameETHICON INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 10, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2038US2016016134A1Mixing and Dispensing Apparatus for Combination MaterialsETHICON INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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