Inventor · Grenoble, FR

Stephane Lavallee

83Patents
27h-index
81Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 11, 1993 → Mar 8, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9554812B2 Tool with integrated navigation and guidance system and related apparatus and methods Human Necessities 1,006 Active
US5399951A Robot for guiding movements and control method thereof Physics 345 Expired
US5447154A Method for determining the position of an organ Human Necessities 343 Expired
US6385475B1 Process and device for the preoperative determination of the positioning data of endoprosthetic parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 314 Expired
US8611985B2 Method and device for navigation of a surgical tool Human Necessities 276 Active
US8214016B2 System and method for determining an optimal type and position of an implant Human Necessities 109 Active
US5564437A Method and system for determining the fixation point on the femur of a crossed ligament of the knee Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US8672945B2 Device for positioning a bone cutting guide Human Necessities 89 Active
US6915150B2 Process and device for the preoperative determination of the positioning data of endoprosthetic parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US7691108B2 Instrument for locating the position of a cutting plane Human Necessities 82 Active
US7033360B2 Process and device for the preoperative determination of the positioning data endoprosthetic parts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US8337508B2 Distractor system Human Necessities 72 Active
US8126533B2 System for determining the position of a knee prosthesis Human Necessities 70 Active
US7949386B2 Computer-aided osteoplasty surgery system Human Necessities 66 Active
US8774900B2 Computer-aided osteoplasty surgery system Human Necessities 55 Active
US8971606B2 Method for automatically identifying the contours of a predefined bone, derived methods and corresponding computer program products Physics 52 Active
US9684768B2 System and method for determining an optimal type and position of an implant Human Necessities 48 Active
US8990052B2 System and method for determining an optimal type and position of an implant Human Necessities 43 Active
US8403934B2 Alignment guides for use in computer assisted orthopedic surgery to prepare a bone element for an implant Human Necessities 36 Active
US9610056B2 Method for reconstructing a 3D image from 2D X-ray images Physics 30 Active
US9248001B2 Computer assisted orthopedic surgery system for ligament reconstruction Human Necessities 29 Active
US8974460B2 Device for controlled adjustment of a surgical positioning unit Human Necessities 29 Active
US8231631B2 Distractor system Human Necessities 28 Active
US10085709B2 Method for reconstructing a 3D image from 2D X-ray images Physics 28 Active
US7227981B1 Three-dimensional statistic reconstruction of surfaces Human Necessities 28 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.