Patents by Inventor Ruben Cardenas

Ruben Cardenas 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: 20240058195
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to table mount for mounting a touchscreen device to a surgical table. The table mount includes a clamp configured to releasably secure the table mount to the table, an arm assembly, and a touchscreen device docking assembly connected to the arm assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian FOUTS, Lauren THOMAS, Nick GERWE, Ruben CARDENAS
  • Publication number: 20230157916
    Abstract: A distraction frame includes a table mount for removably mounting the distraction frame to a surgical table; at least one horizontal strut mounted to the table mount; at least one vertical strut mounted to the at least one horizontal strut; and at least one distractor mounted to the at least one vertical strut, wherein the at least one distractor is configured for connection to a limb of a patient and for applying a distraction force to the limb of the patient; wherein the table mount comprises at least one wheel for selectively supporting the table mount above the floor and the at least one horizontal strut comprises at least one caster for selectively rollably supporting the at least one horizontal strut on the floor so that the distraction frame can be selectively moved to the surgical table supported by the at least one wheel and the at least one caster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corp.
    Inventors: Conrad SMITH, William KAISER, Chris BOWLES, Edson LOPES, Ruben CARDENAS, Roger MALCOLM
  • Patent number: 11559455
    Abstract: A distraction frame for use with a surgical table, wherein the surgical table includes a base for positioning on a floor, the distraction frame including a table mount for fixation to the base of the surgical table; at least one horizontal strut mounted to the table mount; at least one vertical strut mounted to the at least one horizontal strut; and at least one distraction mechanism mounted to the at least one vertical strut, wherein the at least one distraction mechanism may be connected to a limb of a patient for applying a distraction force to the limb of the patient; wherein the table mount may transfer to the floor a force moment imposed on the table mount when the at least one distraction mechanism applies a distraction force to a limb of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corp.
    Inventors: Conrad Smith, William Kaiser, Chris Bowles, Edson Lopes, Ruben Cardenas, Roger J. Malcolm
  • Patent number: 11285064
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to table mount for mounting a touchscreen device to a surgical table. The table mount includes a clamp configured to releasably secure the table mount to the table, a first arm rotatably connected to the clamp and configured to extend vertically from the surgical table, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and a touchscreen device docking assembly rotatably connected to the second arm and configured to hold a touchscreen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Fouts, Lauren Thomas, Nick Gerwe, Ruben Cardenas
  • Publication number: 20210236368
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to table mount for mounting a touchscreen device to a surgical table. The table mount includes a clamp configured to releasably secure the table mount to the table, a first arm rotatably connected to the clamp and configured to extend vertically from the surgical table, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and a touchscreen device docking assembly rotatably connected to the second arm and configured to hold a touchscreen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian FOUTS, Lauren THOMAS, Nick GERWE, Ruben CARDENAS
  • Publication number: 20200253805
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to table mount for mounting a touchscreen device to a surgical table. The table mount includes a clamp configured to releasably secure the table mount to the table, a first arm rotatably connected to the clamp and configured to extend vertically from the surgical table, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, and a touchscreen device docking assembly rotatably connected to the second arm and configured to hold a touchscreen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian FOUTS, Lauren THOMAS, Nick GERWE, Ruben CARDENAS
  • Publication number: 20180221230
    Abstract: A distraction frame for use with a surgical table, wherein the surgical table comprises a base for positioning on a floor, the distraction frame comprising: a table mount for fixation to the base of the surgical table; at least one horizontal strut mounted to the table mount; at least one vertical strut mounted to the at least one horizontal strut; and at least one distraction mechanism mounted to the at least one vertical strut, wherein the at least one distraction mechanism is configured for connection to a limb of a patient and for applying a distraction force to the limb of the patient; wherein the table mount is configured to transfer to the floor a force moment imposed on the table mount when the at least one distraction mechanism applies a distraction force to a limb of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Conrad Smith, William Kaiser, Chris Bowles, Edson Lopes, Ruben Cardenas, Roger J. Malcolm
  • Patent number: 6409927
    Abstract: Process for the treatment of polluted metal-mechanic industrial waste water and urban water, comprising: treating the polluted water with an acid liquor including ferrous chloride and hydrochloric acid, in order to promote the denaturalization of protein present in metal-mechanic industrial water or urban water and generate a clarifying and purifying flocculus from said polluted water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventors: Enrique-Ruben Cardenas-Granguillhome, Juan-José Gonzalez-Garza
  • Patent number: 4918886
    Abstract: A modular room divider panel includes a raceway along its lower edge which contains and shields one or more multi-wire power harnesses that are protected from unauthorized access by lockable raceway cover plates. The harness comprises a pair of connector blocks, each formed with a pair outwardly endwise facing electrical connector receptacles connected to opposite ends of a bundled plurality of individual and individually insulated conductor wires. A medial web of the raceway frame has a central aperture through which an intermediate portion of the bundled conductor wires pass between opposite sides of the web and a pair of slots at opposite ends of the central aperture which seat the connector blocks such that the pair of receptacles of a connector blocks are disposed on opposite sides of the web. To accommodate a second harness, the medial web may be formed with another pair of openings spaced such that the pair of harnesses are mounted in overlapping or staggered relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Harpers
    Inventors: Fredrick C. Benoit, Ruben Cardenas, Daniel Schmid, Joseph M. Wisniewski