Patents by Inventor João Luis Araújo Martins Vilaça

João Luis Araújo Martins Vilaça 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: 11944344
    Abstract: A guidance system, a method and a device for dynamically guiding a surgical needle catheter onto an organ to be surgically operated of a patient. In particular, the disclosure relates to a guidance system, a method and a device to aid in the percutaneous kidney puncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Pedro Rodrigues, João Luis Araújo Martins Vilaça, Jorge Correia Pinto, Jaime Francisco Cruz Fonseca, Estevão Lima
  • Publication number: 20220339465
    Abstract: Device and operation method thereof for laser skin treatment of skin features extending along a path, in particular veins, by collaborative motion between an operator and a robotic support, comprising: a skin, in particular vascular, further in particular vein, treatment laser head having a laser beam target line, and a robotic support of said laser head; further comprising, attached to the laser head or to the robotic support where the laser head is supported: a camera for capturing skin surface images, one or more handles for handling by the operator, a force sensor for sensing the intensity and direction of force applied to the handle or handles by the operator for controlling the robotic support, and an electronic data processor configured for carrying out the steps comprising: capturing an image of skin surface comprising a skin feature to be treated; identifying, from said captured image and proximal to where the laser beam target line intersects the skin surface, the path of the skin feature to be trea
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: João Luís ARAÚJO MARTINS VILAÇA, Bruno Miguel GOMES OLIVEIRA, Pedro André GONÇALVES MORAIS, Fernando José DA SILVA VELOSO, António Herculano JESUS MOREIRA, António Lúcio DE AZEVEDO MIRANDA BAPTISTA, Jaime Francisco CRUZ FONSECA
  • Publication number: 20210007774
    Abstract: A guidance system, a method and a device for dynamically guiding a surgical needle catheter onto an organ to be surgically operated of a patient. In particular, the disclosure relates to a guidance system, a method and a device to aid in the percutaneous kidney puncture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Pedro Rodrigues, João Luis Araújo Martins Vilaça, Jorge Correia Pinto, Jaime Francisco Cruz Fonseca, Estevão Lima