Patents by Inventor Max Giordano

Max Giordano 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).

  • Ergonomic and semi-automatic manipulator, and applications to instruments for minimally invasive surgery
    Patent number: 8920433
    Abstract: A manipulator includes a control unit (1), with handle (4) and control buttons (4a-4d), and a connecting arm (2) which, at its proximal end (2a), carries the control unit (1) and, at its distal end (2b), carries a work unit (3). The control buttons (4a-4d) control at least a first inclination motor, which causes a movement of inclination of a tool support (5) of the work unit (3) about a transverse inclination axis (11), and they control the actual rotation of the tool support (5) about its direction of inclination (II) and control the orientation of the direction of inclination (II) about the longitudinal axis (I-I) of the connecting arm (2). A particularly ergonomic manipulator is thus obtained which is easy to learn to use and which efficiently separates the stresses arising from movements of the tool support (5) and the stresses arising from holding and moving the manipulator itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dexterite Surgical
    Inventors: Pascal Barrier, Jérémy Ollagnier, Rémi Rosset-Lanchet, Christine Melennec épouse Barthod, Max Giordano
  • ERGONOMIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC MANIPULATOR, AND APPLICATIONS TO INSTRUMENTS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
    Publication number: 20120130401
    Abstract: A manipulator includes a control unit (1), with handle (4) and control buttons (4a-4d), and a connecting arm (2) which, at its proximal end (2a), carries the control unit (1) and, at its distal end (2b), carries a work unit (3). The control buttons (4a-4d) control at least a first inclination motor, which causes a movement of inclination of a tool support (5) of the work unit (3) about a transverse inclination axis (11), and they control the actual rotation of the tool support (5) about its direction of inclination (II) and control the orientation of the direction of inclination (II) about the longitudinal axis (I-I) of the connecting arm (2). A particularly ergonomic manipulator is thus obtained which is easy to learn to use and which efficiently separates the stresses arising from movements of the tool support (5) and the stresses arising from holding and moving the manipulator itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: DEXTERITE SURGICAL
    Inventors: Pascal Barrier, Jérémy Ollagnier, Rémi Rosset-Lanchet, Christine Melennec épouse Barthod, Max Giordano