Patents by Inventor Angelo John Martellaro
Angelo John Martellaro 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).
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Patent number: 11903578Abstract: A surgical snare assembly is disclosed. The surgical snare assembly has a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit. The surgical snare assembly also has first and second suture engaging loops. The surgical snare assembly further has first and second handles configured such that: a) movement of the first handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the first suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the exit to the entrance; and b) movement of the second handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the second suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20230270429Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Matthew David DeClerck, Angelo John Martellaro, Benjamin James Boseck, Matthew Wrona
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Publication number: 20230200797Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Matthew David DeClerck, Angelo John Martellaro, Benjamin James Boseck, Matthew Wrona
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Publication number: 20230190254Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Matthew David DeClerck, Angelo John Martellaro, Benjamin James Boseck, Matthew Wrona, Alexander G. Murashko
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Patent number: 11666317Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Matthew David DeClerck, Angelo John Martellaro, Benjamin James Boseck, Matthew Wrona
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Publication number: 20220273290Abstract: A surgical snare assembly is disclosed. The surgical snare assembly has a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit. The surgical snare assembly also has first and second suture engaging loops. The surgical snare assembly further has first and second handles configured such that: a) movement of the first handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the first suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the exit to the entrance; and b) movement of the second handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the second suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, MD, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20220240924Abstract: A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Patent number: 11357499Abstract: A surgical snare assembly is disclosed. The surgical snare assembly has a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit. The surgical snare assembly also has first and second suture engaging loops. The surgical snare assembly further has first and second handles configured such that: a) movement of the first handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the first suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the exit to the entrance; and b) movement of the second handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the second suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20220167966Abstract: A device for cardiac surgery is disclosed. The device for cardiac surgery includes an aortic root retractor frame, an introducer, and one or more suture locking apparatuses. The device for cardiac surgery also includes an actuator for releasing the aortic root retractor frame, as well as a deployment mechanism for fully expanding the aortic root retractor frame. Multiple suture locking apparatuses used for releasable locking and unlocking of suture during a cardiac surgery procedure may be included in the device for cardiac surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro, Jeremy A. Schiele
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Patent number: 11344293Abstract: A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Patent number: 11284880Abstract: A device for cardiac surgery is disclosed. The device for cardiac surgery includes an aortic root retractor frame, an introducer, and one or more suture locking apparatuses. The device for cardiac surgery also includes an actuator for releasing the aortic root retractor frame, as well as a deployment mechanism for fully expanding the aortic root retractor frame. Multiple suture locking apparatuses used for releasable locking and unlocking of suture during a cardiac surgery procedure may be included in the device for cardiac surgery.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro, Jeremy A. Schiele
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Publication number: 20210052264Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Matthew David DeClerck, Angelo John Martellaro, Benjamin James Boseck, Matthew Wrona
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Publication number: 20210038343Abstract: A dock for a surgical equipment holder is disclosed. The dock for a surgical equipment holder includes a base having a central arm mount and a lower clamping jaw. The dock for a surgical equipment holder also includes an upper clamp jaw movably coupled to the base. The dock for a surgical equipment holder also includes a central docking arm coupled to the central arm mount and a central ball cup coupled to the to the central docking arm. The dock for a surgical equipment holder also includes a central attachment nut coupled to the central ball cup. The central attachment nut may include an extendable moment arm, and the dock may also include a ball coupled between the central ball cup and the central attachment nut and a surgical equipment holder attached to the ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, MD, Benjamin James Boseck, John F. Hammond, Angelo John Martellaro, Matthew Wrona
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Patent number: 10835233Abstract: A suturing backstop is disclosed. The suturing backstop has a suturing device receiver configured to receive at least a portion of a tissue bite area of a suturing device. The suturing backstop also has a sewing cuff receptacle. The suturing backstop further has one or more needle guides adjacent the sewing cuff receptacle. The suturing backstop also has one or more alignment stops configured to position said portion of the tissue bite area within the suturing device receiver such that when a needle from the suturing device is extended from a retracted to an engaged position, the needle passes through the sewing cuff receptacle and through a corresponding one of the one or more needle guides. A related method for placing sutures into a sewing cuff of a prosthetic replacement device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20200078005Abstract: A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, MD, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20190307442Abstract: A device for cardiac surgery is disclosed. The device for cardiac surgery includes an aortic root retractor frame, an introducer, and one or more suture locking apparatuses. The device for cardiac surgery also includes an actuator for releasing the aortic root retractor frame, as well as a deployment mechanism for fully expanding the aortic root retractor frame. Multiple suture locking apparatuses used for releasable locking and unlocking of suture during a cardiac surgery procedure may be included in the device for cardiac surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro, Jeremy A. Schiele
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Patent number: 10433834Abstract: A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LSI SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Patent number: 10433869Abstract: A percuscopic access device is disclosed. The percuscopic access device has a hollow shaft with a proximal opening and a distal opening. The percuscopic access device also has one or more barrier ridges on the outside of the hollow shaft. The percuscopic access device also has one or more recesses on the inside of the hollow shaft and in communication with the distal opening. A cleaning obturator for use with the percuscopic access device is also disclosed. The cleaning obturator and percuscopic access device may be combined as a surgical apparatus. The cleaning obturator has a guide rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The cleaning obturator also has a plugging tip on the distal end. The cleaning obturator further has one or more swab guides proximal to the plugging tip.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Patent number: 9993265Abstract: A percuscopic access device is disclosed. The percuscopic access device has a hollow shaft with a proximal opening and a distal opening. The percuscopic access device also has one or more barrier ridges on the outside of the hollow shaft. The percuscopic access device also has one or more recesses on the inside of the hollow shaft and in communication with the distal opening. A cleaning obturator for use with the percuscopic access device is also disclosed. The cleaning obturator and percuscopic access device may be combined as a surgical apparatus. The cleaning obturator has a guide rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The cleaning obturator also has a plugging tip on the distal end. The cleaning obturator further has one or more swab guides proximal to the plugging tip.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Publication number: 20180110541Abstract: A percuscopic access device is disclosed. The percuscopic access device has a hollow shaft with a proximal opening and a distal opening. The percuscopic access device also has one or more barrier ridges on the outside of the hollow shaft. The percuscopic access device also has one or more recesses on the inside of the hollow shaft and in communication with the distal opening. A cleaning obturator for use with the percuscopic access device is also disclosed. The cleaning obturator and percuscopic access device may be combined as a surgical apparatus. The cleaning obturator has a guide rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The cleaning obturator also has a plugging tip on the distal end. The cleaning obturator further has one or more swab guides proximal to the plugging tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Jude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro