Patents by Inventor Luciano DE OTO

Luciano DE OTO 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).

  • Device for external orthopedic fixations
    Patent number: 10285733
    Abstract: A device for external orthopedic fixations, which has one or more frames which have a substantially and/or partially annular shape and are suitable for being arranged around a limb to surround it at least partially, wherein one or more rods are fixed to a frame by means of a locking mechanism is provided. The device has two jaws which, when closed, tighten the locking mechanism to a portion of the frame by exerting a prevalently axial force, wherein the jaws are closed by means of a cam mechanism suitable for being actuated by rotating a lever pivoted to a first jaw and provided with one or more cam surfaces cooperating with a surface of the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI S.P.A., ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI, AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO-UNIVERSITARIA DI BOLOGNA POLICLINICO S. ORSOLA-MALPIGHI
    Inventors: Luciano De Oto, Marco De Luca, Mauro Girolami, Stefano Boriani, Maria Concetta Nucci
  • DEVICE FOR EXTERNAL ORTHOPEDIC FIXATIONS
    Publication number: 20170215922
    Abstract: A device for external orthopedic fixations, which has one or more frames which have a substantially and/or partially annular shape and are suitable for being arranged around a limb to surround it at least partially, wherein one or more rods are fixed to a frame by means of a locking mechanism is provided. The device has two jaws which, when closed, tighten the locking mechanism to a portion of the frame by exerting a prevalently axial force, wherein the jaws are closed by means of a cam mechanism suitable for being actuated by rotating a lever pivoted to a first jaw and provided with one or more cam surfaces cooperating with a surface of the second jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Luciano DE OTO, Marco DE LUCA, Mauro GIROLAMI, Stefano BORIANI, Maria Concetta NUCCI