Patents by Inventor Joao Coelho Do Sameiro Espregue Mendes

Joao Coelho Do Sameiro Espregue Mendes 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).

  • Publication number: 20130204119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for measuring the knee laxity, with or without use of additional means of diagnosis such as computed axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, evaluating the instability of the knee due to rupture of any ligament, namely the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, postero-internal capsule, postero-external capsule, as well as around the axis of an orthonormal referential, that comprises three parts respectively to accept and retain the thigh, leg and foot. The device (1) includes independent means (20) and (21) to push backward the anterior zone of the leg and to push forward the posterior zone of the leg, and independent means (12) and (13) to push the part (5) for support and fixation of the foot in clockwise direction and in anti-clockwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Joao Coelho Do Sameiro Espregue Mendes