Patents by Inventor Andre Maia

Andre Maia 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).

  • Microsurgical Illuminator with Adjustable Illumination
    Publication number: 20080207992
    Abstract: An adjustable ophthalmic surgery chandelier illuminator has a glass optic fiber with a conical exterior surface at its distal end that disburses illumination in the interior of the eye. The glass fiber is contained in a retractable needle that has a long, sharp beveled surface that facilitates insertion of the needle and the optic fiber into the eye, and then is retracted relative to the fiber distal end to adjust the field of illumination inside the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SYNERGETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Gregg D. Scheller, Timothy J. Nadolski, Andre Maia, Carl Awh