Patents by Inventor Tomeo Konno

Tomeo Konno 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).

  • Tightly binding device for bone joining cable
    Patent number: 8029513
    Abstract: A bone-tying cable tightening device with improved easiness of handling of is disclosed. The device comprises a grip portion, a rod-like member extending forward, a knot supporter at the tip, a cable holder to grip and hold the tow arms together, and a sliding block mounted around the rod-like member and connected to a puller and an operation lever to drive the puller. The knot supporter supports two arms that can be hooked away from each other and laterally above the rod-like member, the cable holder is made up of a longitudinal through groove a locking recess which extends, at the end of the through groove, and a backward biased locking member which is provided movably back and forth behind the locking recess on the upper side of the sliding block made so that its forward movement is blocked when it fits in the locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Alfresa Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Tomeo Konno, Shinetsu Kudo, Noritoshi Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Hitomi
  • TIGHTLY BINDING DEVICE FOR BONE JOINING CABLE
    Publication number: 20090082821
    Abstract: A bone-tying cable tightening device with improved easiness of handling of is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tomeo Konno, Shinetsu Kudo, Noritoshi Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Hitomi