Patents by Inventor Ciro Accardo

Ciro Accardo 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: 10123795
    Abstract: A method to perform mini-invasive vaginal ostium plastic surgery and anal tightening procedures, includes: using at least one barbed cylindrical suture with barbs divided into two divergent groups, the sharp ends of the barbs being inclined in the direction of the respective ends, so as to oppose the traction of the thread exerted on both ends, each end being provided with a needle; preparing insertion and emergence cuts in the working plane of the female perineum; introducing the barbed suture thread by inserting needles placed at its ends, at different times, into the same starting hole, in order to emerge from the same outlet hole, thus completing the path in different anatomical planes of the female perineum; tying together the two ends of the at least one suture after having emerged from the same outlet hole, then closing the loop with at least one knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PROMOITALIA GROUP S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ciro Accardo, Valerio Matano', Egidio Tranfaglia
  • Publication number: 20160106410
    Abstract: A method to perform mini-invasive vaginal ostium plastic surgery and anal tightening procedures, includes: using at least one barbed cylindrical suture with barbs divided into two divergent groups, the sharp ends of the barbs being inclined in the direction of the respective ends, so as to oppose the traction of the thread exerted on both ends, each end being provided with a needle; preparing insertion and emergence cuts in the working plane of the female perineum; introducing the barbed suture thread by inserting needles placed at its ends, at different times, into the same starting hole, in order to emerge from the same outlet hole, thus completing the path in different anatomical planes of the female perineum; tying together the two ends of the at least one suture after having emerged from the same outlet hole, then closing the loop with at least one knot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ciro ACCARDO, Valerio MATANO', Egidio TRANFAGLIA
  • Publication number: 20080097526
    Abstract: Mastopexy or breast lift surgery involves inserting permanent and reabsorbable threads under the skin that follow a skin marker drawn by the operator. This enables the interested area to be lifted without leaving vertical or inverted T scars on the patient's breast or any other type of scar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: PROMOITALIA INTERNATIONAL SRL
    Inventor: Ciro Accardo
  • Publication number: 20070219587
    Abstract: A surgical thread to be used for plastic, dermatological, cosmetic, operations as well as for general surgery, emergency surgery, and all of specialized surgeries is provided with inclined projections or thorns or hooks or protrusions that have manifold shapes and predetermined size and are distributed along a spiral as well as are arranged in sequences which are alternately inclined to opposed directions so as to prevent the thread from slipping or moving to both opposed directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Promoitalia International SRL
    Inventor: Ciro Accardo