Patents by Inventor Graziano Marini

Graziano Marini 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: 9592080
    Abstract: Orthopedic device (10, 110, 210, 310) for correcting deformities of a long bone (11), comprising a bar (12), extended along an axis (Y-Y) and intended to be placed alongside the bone (11), at least a first clamp (14, 214, 314) for a first group of osseous screws (16) and a second clamp (18, 19, 118) for a second group of osseous screws (20, 22), removably mounted on said bar (12), wherein the first of said clamps (14, 214, 314) is placed onboard a support base (21, 221, 321) in turn mounted on said bar (12), and angularly movable in relation to the support base around a given rotation axis (X-X, X?-X?, Z-Z) by means of a rotary coupling, characterized in that said rotary coupling comprises a male element (35; 235, 236, 237, 238, 239; 333, 334) associated with the first clamp (14, 214, 314) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical, and a corresponding female element (36; 130; 250, 254, 255; 336, 337) associated with the support base (21, 221, 321) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ORTHOFIX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Publication number: 20150150600
    Abstract: Orthopaedic device (10, 110, 210, 310) for correcting deformities of a long bone (11), comprising a bar (12), extended along an axis (Y-Y) and intended to be placed alongside the bone (11), at least a first clamp (14, 214, 314) for a first group of osseous screws (16) and a second clamp (18, 19, 118) for a second group of osseous screws (20, 22), removably mounted on said bar (12), wherein the first of said clamps (14, 214, 314) is placed onboard a support base (21, 221, 321) in turn mounted on said bar (12), and angularly movable in relation to the support base around a given rotation axis (X-X, X?-X?, Z-Z) by means of a rotary coupling, characterised in that said rotary coupling comprises a male element (35; 235, 236, 237, 238, 239; 333, 334) associated with the first clamp (14, 214, 314) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical, and a corresponding female element (36; 130; 250, 254, 255; 336, 337) associated with the support base (21, 221, 321) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Patent number: 8951253
    Abstract: Orthopaedic device (10, 110, 210, 310) for correcting deformities of a long bone (11), comprising a bar (12), extended along an axis (Y-Y) and intended to be placed alongside the bone (11), at least a first clamp (14, 214, 314) for a first group of osseous screws (16) and a second clamp (18, 19, 118) for a second group of osseous screws (20, 22), removably mounted on said bar (12), wherein the first of said clamps (14, 214, 314) is placed onboard a support base (21, 221, 321) in turn mounted on said bar (12), and angularly movable in relation to the support base around a given rotation axis (X-X, X?-X?, Z-Z) by means of a rotary coupling, characterised in that said rotary coupling comprises a male element (35; 235, 236, 237, 238, 239; 333, 334) associated with the first clamp (14, 214, 314) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical, and a corresponding female element (36; 130; 250, 254, 255; 336, 337) associated with the support base (21, 221, 321) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Orthofix S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Patent number: 8460293
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail for a fractured elongated bone, comprising a cannulated rod having proximal and distal ends; an outside tubular sleeve for coaxially hosting and guiding the rod; and at least a pair of shape memory elements hosted in corresponding seats at the distal end of the rod. Each shape memory element can be retractably housed in its seat in a first configuration, allowing insertion of the nail into the bone, and can project from a sleeve opening in another configuration. Pairs of transversal holes are provided in proximal portions of the rod and the sleeve. The distal pair of shape memory elements lie on an offset plane to the plane of the proximal holes and are kept in their corresponding seats by a distal cover fixed to the rod. This improves the stability of the nail in the medullary canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Orthofix S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Mara Bagnasco, Luigi Rossi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi
  • Patent number: 8439916
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail for a fractured elongated bone, comprising a cannulated rod having proximal and distal ends; an outside tubular sleeve for coaxially hosting and guiding the rod; and shape memory elements hosted in corresponding seats of the rod. Each shape memory element can be retractably housed in its respective seat in a first configuration, allowing insertion of the nail into the bone, and can project from a sleeve opening in another configuration. Proximal and distal pairs of the elements are provided at the proximal and distal rod ends. The proximal element pair lie on a same plane and are kept in their seats by a proximal cover. The distal element pair lie on an offset plane to the plane of the proximal element pair and are kept in their seats by a distal cover. This removes the need for bone screws to stabilize the nail inside the medullary canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Orthofix S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Mara Bagnasco, Luigi Rossi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi
  • Patent number: 8388625
    Abstract: Support orthopaedic device (1) for a knee joint, comprising a proximal connector (2) and a distal connector (3), articulated among themselves and respectively intended to be associated with a proximal bone (100) and a distal bone (101) of a lower limb connected among themselves by a knee joint. The device comprises a first rod (4a) and a second rod (4b), which are hinged, according to hinging axes normal to a median excursion plane of the orthopaedic device (1), to the proximal connector (2) and to the distal connector (3) so as to form with them an articulated quadrilateral. The articulated quadrilateral is planarly mobile according to a plane parallel to the excursion plane between a configuration corresponding to an extended position of the knee joint and configurations corresponding to bendings of different entity of the knee joint; the relative motion imposed to the proximal and distal connectors (2, 3) by the articulated quadrilateral is consistent with the physiological movement of the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Orthofix S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Publication number: 20120172876
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail for a fractured elongated bone, comprising a cannulated rod having proximal and distal ends; an outside tubular sleeve for coaxially hosting and guiding the rod; and shape memory elements hosted in corresponding seats of the rod. Each shape memory element can be retractably housed in its respective seat in a first configuration, allowing insertion of the nail into the bone, and can project from a sleeve opening in another configuration. Proximal and distal pairs of the elements are provided at the proximal and distal rod ends. The proximal element pair lie on a same plane and are kept in their seats by a proximal cover. The distal element pair lie on an offset plane to the plane of the proximal element pair and are kept in their seats by a distal cover. This removes the need for bone screws to stabilize the nail inside the medullary canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Orthofix S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Mara Bagnasco, Luigi Rossi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi
  • Publication number: 20120172875
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail for a fractured elongated bone, comprising a cannulated rod having proximal and distal ends; an outside tubular sleeve for coaxially hosting and guiding the rod; and at least a pair of shape memory elements hosted in corresponding seats at the distal end of the rod. Each shape memory element can be retractably housed in its seat in a first configuration, allowing insertion of the nail into the bone, and can project from a sleeve opening in another configuration. Pairs of transversal holes are provided in proximal portions of the rod and the sleeve. The distal pair of shape memory elements lie on an offset plane to the plane of the proximal holes and are kept in their corresponding seats by a distal cover fixed to the rod. This improves the stability of the nail in the medullary canal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Orthofix S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Mara Bagnasco, Luigi Rossi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi
  • Patent number: 8182483
    Abstract: The present invention regards an orthopedic device to be associated with the outside of a bone and of the type comprising a support rail, extended along a central longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the bone, at least two clamps mounted slidably along the axis on the support rail and supporting endosseous screws insertable into the bone, and a distractor/compressor device removably attachable to the two clamps by means of respective connection pins inserted into corresponding holes of each clamp, wherein each clamp comprises a clamp body having a base or lower jaw and a lid, or upper jaw as well as two screws for fixing the upper jaw to the lower jaw Advantageously the holes for the connection pins are aligned along a line that is extended substantially parallel to the axis with at least one hole for the connection pins of the remaining clamp also being aligned along the line, thus making the overall structure of the clamps mounted on the orthopedic device particularly compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Orthofix S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Patent number: 8162942
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) suitable for insertion in a fractured elongate bone (12), of the type comprising a stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) extended between a proximal end (16, 116, 216, 416, 516, 616) and a distal end (18, 118, 218, 418, 518, 618). The nail comprises a plurality of elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) realized with at least one shape-memory material, a plurality of seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) formed in the stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) for housing the elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620). The elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) are suitable to take a first shape wherein they are retractably housed in the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) and a second shape wherein they project from the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Orthofix S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Giancarlo Marazzi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi, Luigi Rossi, Daniele Verturini
  • Publication number: 20110172664
    Abstract: Orthopaedic device (10, 110, 210, 310) for correcting deformities of a long bone (11), comprising a bar (12), extended along an axis (Y-Y) and intended to be placed alongside the bone (11), at least a first clamp (14, 214, 314) for a first group of osseous screws (16) and a second clamp (18, 19, 118) for a second group of osseous screws (20, 22), removably mounted on said bar (12), wherein the first of said clamps (14, 214, 314) is placed onboard a support base (21, 221, 321) in turn mounted on said bar (12), and angularly movable in relation to the support base around a given rotation axis (X-X, X?-X?, Z-Z) by means of a rotary coupling, characterised in that said rotary coupling comprises a male element (35; 235, 236, 237, 238, 239; 333, 334) associated with the first clamp (14, 214, 314) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical, and a corresponding female element (36; 130; 250, 254, 255; 336, 337) associated with the support base (21, 221, 321) and having a surface at least partially cylindrical
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Orthofix S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Publication number: 20110034963
    Abstract: Support orthopaedic device (1) for a knee joint, comprising a proximal connector (2) and a distal connector (3), articulated among themselves and respectively intended to be associated with a proximal bone (100) and a distal bone (101) of a lower limb connected among themselves by a knee joint. The device comprises a first rod (4a) and a second rod (4b), which are hinged, according to hinging axes normal to a median excursion plane of the orthopaedic device (1), to the proximal connector (2) and to the distal connector (3) so as to form with them an articulated quadrilateral. The articulated quadrilateral is planarly mobile according to a plane parallel to the excursion plane between a configuration corresponding to an extended position of the knee joint and configurations corresponding to bendings of different entity of the knee joint; the relative motion imposed to the proximal and distal connectors (2, 3) by the articulated quadrilateral is consistent with the physiological movement of the knee joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Publication number: 20100222778
    Abstract: The present invention regards an orthopaedic device (10; 110) to be associated with the outside of a bone and of the type comprising a support rail (12; 112), extended along a central longitudinal axis (Y-Y) substantially parallel to the bone (11; 111), at least two clamps (14, 18; 114, 118) mounted slidably along said axis (Y-Y) on the support rail (12; 112) and supporting endosseous screws (16, 20; 116, 120) insertable into the bone, and a distractor/compressor device (58) removably attachable to the two clamps (14, 18; 114, 118) by means of respective connection pins (68) inserted into corresponding holes (64; 164) of each clamp, wherein each clamp comprises a clamp body having a base or lower jaw (24; 124) and a lid, or upper jaw (23; 123) as well as two screws (25, 26; 125, 126) for fixing the upper jaw (23; 123) to the lower jaw (24; 124).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: ORTHOFIX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Patent number: 7670340
    Abstract: An endomedullary nail for the treatment of proximal femur fractures, comprising an elongate body (12) having a proximal portion (14) and a distal portion (16). The proximal portion (14) has a first and a second hole (20, 21) for a respective cephalic screw (22, 23, 24, 25), each having a transversal axis to the axis of the proximal portion (14). The first hole (20) is split into two passages each having a respective axis (A, B) with a predetermined angle relationship with respect to the axis (C) of the second hole (21). The passages (30, 31) are arranged to be selectively engaged by a respective cephalic screw (22, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Orthofix International B.V.
    Inventors: Lodovico Renzi Brivio, Franco Lavini, Michele Coati, Graziano Marini, Luigi Rossi
  • Publication number: 20080262495
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) suitable for insertion in a fractured elongate bone (12), of the type comprising a stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) extended between a proximal end (16, 116, 216, 416, 516, 616) and a distal end (18, 118, 218, 418, 518, 618). The nail comprises a plurality of elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) realised with at least one shape-memory material, a plurality of seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) formed in the stem (14, 114, 214, 314, 414, 514, 614) for housing the elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620). The elements (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) are suitable to take a first shape wherein they are retractably housed in the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619) and a second shape wherein they project from the respective seats (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 619).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Orthofix S.r.l
    Inventors: Michele Coati, Giancarlo Marazzi, Graziano Marini, Graziano Rossi, Luigi Rossi, Daniele Venturini
  • Publication number: 20060069392
    Abstract: An endomedullary nail for the treatment of proximal femur fractures, comprising an elongate body (12) having a proximal portion (14) and a distal portion (16). The proximal portion (14) has a first and a second hole (20, 21) for a respective cephalic screw (22, 23, 24, 25), each having a transversal axis to the axis of the proximal portion (14). The first hole (20) is split into two passages each having a respective axis (A, B) with a predetermined angle relationship with respect to the axis (C) of the second hole (21). The passages (30, 31) are arranged to be selectively engaged by a respective cephalic screw (22, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Orthofix International B.V.
    Inventors: Lodovico Renzi Brivio, Franco Lavini, Michele Coati, Graziano Marini, Luigi Rossi
  • Patent number: RE45888
    Abstract: The present invention regards an orthopedic device to be associated with the outside of a bone and of the type comprising a support rail, extended along a central longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the bone, at least two clamps mounted slidably along the axis on the support rail and supporting endosseous screws insertable into the bone, and a distractor/compressor device removably attachable to the two clamps by means of respective connection pins inserted into corresponding holes of each clamp, wherein each clamp comprises a clamp body having a base or lower jaw and a lid, or upper jaw as well as two screws for fixing the upper jaw to the lower jaw Advantageously the holes for the connection pins are aligned along a line that is extended substantially parallel to the axis with at least one hole for the connection pins of the remaining clamp also being aligned along the line, thus making the overall structure of the clamps mounted on the orthopedic device particularly compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ORTHOFIX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini
  • Patent number: RE46077
    Abstract: Support orthopaedic device (1) for a knee joint, comprising a proximal connector (2) and a distal connector (3), articulated among themselves and respectively intended to be associated with a proximal bone (100) and a distal bone (101) of a lower limb connected among themselves by a knee joint. The device comprises a first rod (4a) and a second rod (4b), which are hinged, according to hinging axes normal to a median excursion plane of the orthopaedic device (1), to the proximal connector (2) and to the distal connector (3) so as to form with them an articulated quadrilateral. The articulated quadrilateral is planarly mobile according to a plane parallel to the excursion plane between a configuration corresponding to an extended position of the knee joint and configurations corresponding to bendings of different entity of the knee joint; the relative motion imposed to the proximal and distal connectors (2, 3) by the articulated quadrilateral is consistent with the physiological movement of the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ORTHOFIX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mara Bagnasco, Daniele Venturini, Graziano Marini