Patents by Inventor Aldo T. Salvestro

Aldo T. Salvestro 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).

  • Locking mechanism for medical devices
    Patent number: 5020933
    Abstract: Apparatus useful in surgery for holding retractors and other surgical instrumentation in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, including advanced sensing and regulation of retraction pressures and position; and incorporating a force amplification method to drive a locking mechanism in the supporting structure that utilizes a constrained, substantially incompressible, flexible solid material to yield a mechanism that is suitable for clinical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Andronic Devices, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aldo T. Salvestro, Rainer M. Bohl, Martin L. Furse