Patents by Inventor Roberto R. Fresnido

Roberto R. Fresnido 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).

  • Surgical cutting devices and methods
    Patent number: 8876827
    Abstract: The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly includes an arcuate guide tube having a first portion that is slidingly positioned in an arcuate portion of the housing. A second portion comprising an actuating tube is slidingly positioned in a linear portion of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is controllably advancable from the housing and retractable into the housing. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in the actuating tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: DGIMED Ortho, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude L. Sasing, Joseph A. Garcia, Roberto R. Fresnido, Ramon B. Gustilo
  • Surgical cutting devices and methods
    Patent number: 8337499
    Abstract: The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly comprises an arcuate guide tube slidingly positioned in a first arcuate channel of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is operatively connected to an actuating rod slidingly positioned in a second channel of the housing wherein the actuating rod controllably advances and retracts the arcuate guide tube. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in a third channel of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Dgimed Ortho, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude L. Sasing, Joseph A. Garcia, Roberto R. Fresnido, Ramon B. Gustilo
  • Intramedullary nail distal targeting device
    Patent number: 8273092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intramedullary nail distal targeting device (20) adapted to be installed to an external jig system (A) having a proximal attachment (B) to support an intramedullary nail (C) thereon and an extension arm (D) secured to the proximal attachment (B), the nail distal targeting device including a drill guide (21) being defined by an abbreviated cylindrical body (23) having at least a pair of guide slots (24, 24?) each of the guide slots (24, 24?) having a scalloped inner surface (25), an attaching mechanism (22) being provided at the upper portion of the drill guide (21), the attaching mechanism (22) secured in a rotating and sliding manner to a distal end of the extension arm (D) and at least a pair of guide sleeves (10, 10?) being telescopically fitted correspondingly into the slots (24, 24?) of the drill guide (21), each of the guide sleeves (10, 10?) having a scalloped outer surface to correspondingly fit into the guide slots (24, 24?), each of the guide sleeves (10, 10?) bei
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Orthopaedic International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude L. Sasing, Aristedes C. Dayanghirang, Dennis Alphonse Yap, Ramon B. Gustilo, Francis O. Chan, Roberto R. Fresnido, Jr.
  • Intramedullary Nail Distal Targeting Device
    Publication number: 20090069816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intramedullary nail distal targeting device (20) adapted to be installed to an external jig system (A) having a proximal attachment (B) to support an intramedullary nail (C) thereon and an extension arm (D) secured to the proximal attachment (B), the nail distal targeting device including a drill guide (21) being defined by an abbreviated cylindrical body (23) having at least a pair of guide slots (24, 24?) each of the guide slots (24, 24?) having a scalloped inner surface (25), an attaching mechanism (22) being provided at the upper portion of the drill guide (21), the attaching mechanism (22) secured in a rotating and sliding manner to a distal end of the extension arm (D) and at least a pair of guide sleeves (10, 10?) being telescopically fitted correspondingly into the slots (24, 24?) of the drill guide (21), each of the guide sleeves (10, 10?) having a scalloped outer surface to correspondingly fit into the guide slots (24, 24?), each of the guide sleeves (10, 10?) bei
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jude L. Sasing, Aristedes C. Dayanghirang, Dennis Alphonse Yap, Ramon B. Gustilo, Francis O. Chan, Roberto R. Fresnido