Patents by Inventor Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES

Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES 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).

  • Publication number: 20210007779
    Abstract: An arthroscopic surgery device for delivering a therapeutic formulation into a cartilage of an articular joint, wherein the device comprises: a flexible tubular delivery arm, comprising one or more internal channels for carrying the therapeutic formulation; a flexible external sleeve enveloping the delivery arm lengthwise; a pliable cup attached to an end of the delivery arm, for covering a cartilage part where the therapeutic formulation is to be delivered, arranged such that by outwards axial displacement of the delivery arm in respect to the external sleeve, the cup moves from inside to outside of the external sleeve, expanding the cup. The device may comprise a flexible internal sleeve between the delivery arm and the external sleeve, such that the flexible internal sleeve envelops the delivery arm lengthwise. The arthroscopic surgery device may be also used for extracting fluid from an articular cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Carlos Alberto VILELA GOMES, Rui Pedro ROMERO AMANDI DE SOUSA, Cristina CORREIA, Rui Luis GONÇALVES DOS REIS, Joäo Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDE
  • Patent number: 10470700
    Abstract: The present application discloses a medical device useful for the diagnosis and/or treatment follow-up of human joints, in particular a device for positioning human joints for CT-scan and MRI. The medical device allows an accurate and comprehensive assessment of human joints, characterizing quantitatively biomechanical consequences, whole joint kinematics alterations, cartilage mechanical behavior under pressure and clinical susceptibility to further damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ESPMEN—CONSULTORIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA.
    Inventor: Joao Duarte Coelho do Sameiro Espregueira Mendes
  • Publication number: 20170216343
    Abstract: There is described an ulvan containing composition. This composition is a viscosupplement composition and can be used in the treatment or prophylaxis of arthritis. Also described is a method of treating a musculoskeletal disease, such as 5 arthritis, by administering the ulvan containing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Rui Pedro Romero Amandi de SOUSA, Ana Catarina Freire GERTRUDES, Cristina CORREIA, Alain José da Silva MORAIS, Cristiana da Mota Martins GONÇALVES, Hajer RADHOUANI, Carlos Alberto Vilela GOMES, Tírcia Susete Xavier Carlos dos SANTOS, Joaquim Miguel Antunes Correia de OLIVEIRA, João Duarte Coelho do Sameiro ESPREGUEIRA-MENDES, Rui Luís Gonçalves dos REIS
  • Publication number: 20170042465
    Abstract: The present application discloses a medical device useful for the diagnosis and/or treatment follow-up of human joints, in particular a device for positioning human joints for CT-scan and MRI. The medical device allows an accurate and comprehensive assessment of human joints, characterizing quantitatively biomechanical consequences, whole joint kinematics alterations, cartilage mechanical behavior under pressure and clinical susceptibility to further damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES
  • Publication number: 20160278827
    Abstract: Featured are a device, a surgical kit and an osteotomy method for aligning a bone or bony structure. Such a method includes providing a base member that extends in at least two directions and spans the cut in the bone; a securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the base member for securing the base member to the bone; and an adjusting mechanism coupled to the base member and including at least one first portion. Such a method includes securing one end of the base member to the bone using the securing mechanism and rotating the at least one first portion so it contacts at least one of the opposing surfaces of the cut thereby maintain the two opposing surfaces in fixed spaced relation. Such a method also includes securing the base member's other end to the bone using the securing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: ESPMEN - CONSULTORIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDA
    Inventors: Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES, Antonio Jose CAETANO BAPTISTA, Augusto Duarte CAMPOS BARATA DA ROCHA, Diana Rebecca ESTEVES CARDOSO GAVAZZO RODRIGUES, Helder MIGUEL PEREIRA, Joao Paulo GERALDES TOURO PEREIRA, Jorge Manuel TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, Rogerio BARBOSA PEREIRA