Patents by Inventor Emidio OLIVIERI

Emidio OLIVIERI 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).

  • Distal scanning module, in particular to control the aiming and the movement of an optical apparatus of a medical device, such as a diagnostic or surgical instrument
    Patent number: 10045684
    Abstract: A module includes an oblong structure; an optical apparatus associated with the oblong structure for facing a segment arranged inside a body cavity of a patient. An actuating device is for controlling the position of the oblong structure so as to orient the optical apparatus in the body cavity. The oblong structure has a proximal portion and an end portion, which is deformable, so as to tend to remain in and elastically return to a bent condition, in which it is normally flexed. The actuating device includes a pusher member, which moves in a guided manner relative to the oblong structure and is suited to act upon the end portion, so as to angularly move it from the bent condition towards a substantially straight condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Emidio Olivieri, Darwin Caldwell, Leonardo De Mattos
  • DISTAL SCANNING MODULE, IN PARTICULAR TO CONTROL THE AIMING AND THE MOVEMENT OF AN OPTICAL APPARATUS OF A MEDICAL DEVICE, SUCH AS A DIAGNOSTIC OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20160287056
    Abstract: A module includes an oblong structure; an optical apparatus associated with the oblong structure for facing a segment arranged inside a body cavity of a patient. An actuating device is for controlling the position of the oblong structure so as to orient the optical apparatus in the body cavity. The oblong structure has a proximal portion and an end portion, which is deformable, so as to tend to remain in and elastically return to a bent condition, in which it is normally flexed. The actuating device includes a pusher member, which moves in a guided manner relative to the oblong structure and is suited to act upon the end portion, so as to angularly move it from the bent condition towards a substantially straight condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Emidio OLIVIERI, Darwin CALDWELL, Leonardo DE MATTOS