Patents by Inventor Antonia Rizzuto

Antonia Rizzuto 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).

  • Patent number: 9655638
    Abstract: The patent is relative to a new instrument for single access laparoscopy that tries to overcome the limits of the present instrumentation used in this technique, that usually allows to use only one forceps, which does not allow to keep the tissues tenses to work with the surgical instrument. To overcome this limitation, the proposed instrument presents two arms, arranged in parallel presenting a diameter equal to half of the main body in the opening direction of the same, while in the direction perpendicular to this these arms can have an higher diameter, provided its shape be entirely circumscribed by the external dimension of the initial body, and each bearing at the tip a forceps, which may be mounted directly on the arms or on two auxiliary arms. The internal mechanism allows opening the two arms, not necessarily in the plane of rotation of the control rings, while the forceps bend toward the inside, keeping their configuration, being all this controlled by a single command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Calabrian High Tech SRL
    Inventors: Antonia Rizzuto, Guido Danieli, Paola Nudo, Mario Donnici, Pasquale Francesco Greco, Rosario Sacco
  • Publication number: 20160192959
    Abstract: The patent is relative to a new instrument for single access laparoscopy that tries to overcome the limits of the present instrumentation of this technique, that usually allows to use only one forceps, which does not allow to keep the tissues tenses to work with the surgical instrument. To overcome this limitation, the proposed instrument presents two arms, presenting a diameter equal to half of the main body, while in the direction perpendicular to this these arms can have an bigger dimension, provided its shape be entirely circumscribed by the external dimension of the initial body, and each bearing at the tip a forceps, mounted on two auxiliary arms. The internal mechanism allows opening the two arms, while the forceps bend toward the inside, keeping their configuration, being all this controlled by a single command. Two additional commands allow then to open and close the forceps individually, and each command can be locked in any position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: CALABRIAN HIGH TECH SRL
    Inventors: Guido DANIELI, Antonia RIZZUTO, Mario DONNICI, Paola NUDO, Pasquale Francesco GRECO, Rosario SACCO
  • Publication number: 20140378998
    Abstract: The patent is relative to a new instrument for single access laparoscopy that tries to overcome the limits of the present instrumentation used in this technique, that usually allows to use only one forceps, which does not allow to keep the tissues tenses to work with the surgical instrument. To overcome this limitation, the proposed instrument presents two arms, arranged in parallel presenting a diameter equal to half of the main body in the opening direction of the same, while in the direction perpendicular to this these arms can have an higher diameter, provided its shape be entirely circumscribed by the external dimension of the initial body, and each bearing at the tip a forceps, which may be mounted directly on the arms or on two auxiliary arms. The internal mechanism allows opening the two arms, not necessarily in the plane of rotation of the control rings, while the forceps bend toward the inside, keeping their configuration, being all this controlled by a single command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Antonia Rizzuto, Guido Danieli, Paola Nudo, Mario Donnici, Pasquale Francesco Greco, Rosario Sacco