Patents by Inventor Alvaro A. Figueroa

Alvaro A. Figueroa 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).

  • Method and internal apparatus for determining final position of dentate skeleton in orthognathic surgery
    Patent number: 8764441
    Abstract: A skeletal positioning method and apparatus includes a splint having a main body coupled to a skeletal structure of a patient and a positioning guide having a skeletal footplate, a splint footplate, and an arm coupling the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate, the skeletal footplate including at least one aperture formed therein and the splint footplate including connectors for releasably coupling the positioning guide to the splint, wherein a relative position and orientation of the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate is pre-determined to align a portion of the skeletal footplate with a pre-defined portion of the skeletal structure of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: John W. Polley, Alvaro A. Figueroa
  • METHOD AND INTERNAL APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FINAL POSITION OF DENTATE SKELETON IN ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20120022604
    Abstract: A skeletal positioning method and apparatus includes a splint having a main body coupled to a skeletal structure of a patient and a positioning guide having a skeletal footplate, a splint footplate, and an arm coupling the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate, the skeletal footplate including at least one aperture formed therein and the splint footplate including a means for releasably coupling the positioning guide to the splint, wherein a relative position and orientation of the skeletal footplate and the splint footplate is pre-determined to align a portion of the skeletal footplate with a pre-defined portion of the skeletal structure of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: John W. Polley, Alvaro A. Figueroa
  • Angularly adjustable maxillary distractor and method of distraction
    Publication number: 20100075270
    Abstract: A maxillary distractor assembly having a malar buttress plate member and a vertical arm member, wherein the malar buttress plate member is detachably connected to the vertical arm member such that the malar buttress plate member may be left in the patient when the remainder of the assembly is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Alvaro A. Figueroa, John Polley, Thomas Johnston