Patents by Inventor Helio M. Ribeiro

Helio M. Ribeiro 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).

  • Instrumentation for repair of meniscus tissue
    Patent number: 8795284
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward an instrumentation kit used to replace a damaged human knee joint meniscus with an allograft meniscus implant. The kit includes a workstation having a base and upright end sections with a clamping assembly is mounted on the end sections and a movable cutting guide mounted to a side wall of each end section. The tibia is then drilled with a drill to a desired depth and length and a groove is formed in the tibia with an osteotome so that the width is the same as the width of the bone base of the meniscus implant which has been trimmed in the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
    Inventors: Helio M. Ribeiro, Joed Canales, Cesar Chavista, Gregory C. Fanelli, John E. Barker
  • Instrumentation for repair of meniscus tissue
    Publication number: 20130096680
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward an instrumentation kit used to replace a damaged human knee joint meniscus with an allograft meniscus implant. The kit includes a workstation having a base and upright end sections with a clamping assembly is mounted on the end sections and a movable cutting guide mounted to a side wall of each end section. The tibia is then drilled with a drill to a desired depth and length and a groove is formed in the tibia with an osteotome so that the width is the same as the width of the bone base of the meniscus implant which has been trimmed in the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Helio M. Ribeiro, Joed Canales, Cesar Chavista
  • Support member for reduced diameter balloon catheter, and intra-aortic balloon catheter using the same
    Patent number: 5716373
    Abstract: A balloon catheter assembly in which the catheter tube terminates at the entrance to the balloon chamber and in which a thin support member connects the distal end of the catheter tube to the tip at the distal end of the balloon chamber. A connecting anchor is provided at the distal end of the catheter tube. The connecting anchor has a skirt portion that is connected to the catheter tube. The support member is attached to the skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Datascope Investment Corp.
    Inventors: Sidney Wolvek, Helio M. Ribeiro, Boris Leschinsky