Patents by Inventor Luca Passaggio

Luca Passaggio 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).

  • System for support and actuation with vertebrae in particular for surgical and diagnostic instruments
    Patent number: 5916146
    Abstract: A system to actuate and support surgical diagnostic flexible and orientable instruments of the endoluminal and/or endoscopic type, comprising at least a distal part, a proximal part and a medial part, characterized in that at least the distal part consists of vertebrae-like elements formed of portions of two dihedrals, delimited by a cylindrical surface, one of the dihedrals being convex with a projecting edge and belonging to a preceding vertebra, the other dihedral being concave, namely with a reentering edge, belonging to the successive vertebra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Bieffe Medital S.p.A.
    Inventors: Benedetto Allotta, Luca Passaggio