Patents by Inventor Sergio Portela DeAlbuquerque

Sergio Portela DeAlbuquerque 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).

  • Ultrasonic cutting blade with cooling
    Patent number: 6443969
    Abstract: At an ultrasonic surgical blade has a blade body with a smooth continuous cutting edge and a shank connected at one end to the blade body and operatively connectable at an opposite end to a source of ultrasonic vibrations. The shank is provided with at an axially extending bore for the conveyance of cooling fluid to the cutting edge, while the blade body is provided with at an axially extending through-slot communicating at one end with the bore. The blade body is preferably provided at an end opposite the shank with a recess communicating with the bore for distributing fluid from the slot towards the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Misonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. D. Novak, Sergio Portela DeAlbuquerque, Werner Sladek-Maharg, Dan Voic