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  • 2201 Palmetto St, Clearwater, FL 33763
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Design Engineer

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Location:
Palm Harbor, FL
Industry:
Aviation & Aerospace
Work:

Design Engineer
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Mark Bellafiore

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Location:
Palm Harbor, FL
Industry:
Design
Work:
Conmed Corporation 1998 - 2013
Senior Designer

Publications

Us Patents

Cannulated Tissue Anchor System

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US Patent:
6346109, Feb 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun 9, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/591376
Inventors:
Joseph Fucci - Palm Harbor FL
Robert C. Hackett - Tampa FL
T. Dan Moore - St. Petersburg FL
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
A61B 1756
US Classification:
606104, 606 72, 206339
Abstract:
A system for inserting a cannulated tissue anchor during endoscopic surgical procedures. The system incorporates an elongated generally cylindrical tissue anchor having a plurality of barbs outwardly extending from its body and a transverse head situated at its proximal end. The head is elongated along a major axis which is misaligned relative to the rows of barbs on the body of the tissue anchor in order to enhance retention of the anchor within selected tissue. The anchor may be inserted during an endoscopic surgical procedure by a single-handed operation utilizing an instrument having a longitudinally slidable needle for guiding the anchor into place and a longitudinally slidable push rod for pushing the anchor along the needle. The system incorporates a package/loading device to facilitate the assembly of a cannulated tissue anchor with the inserter, the package/loading device being provided with a means for guiding the inserter needle through the axial bore of the tissue anchor.

Guide Bushing For Coring Reamer, Storage Package For Reamer Assembly, And Method Of Use

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US Patent:
6451023, Sep 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan 25, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/769666
Inventors:
Bartolome J. Salazar - Alpharetta GA
Andrea Brasfield - St. Petersburg FL
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
A61F 500
US Classification:
606 86, 606 79, 606 80
Abstract:
A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line contact. The guide bushing has a passage sized to slidably receive a guide pin. In use, the bushing advances in the proximal direction within the coring reamer along a guide pin while the excavated bone enters the passageway through the reamer. A storage package specifically designed for the reamer assembly is employed to remove the excavated bone from within the reamer. The package has a closed distal end and an open proximal end closeable with a cap. With the coring reamer received in cantilevered fashion through a central opening of the cap of the tube, and with an adapter that couples the coring reamer to a handpiece installed, a wrench is placed over the adapter and turned while the user grips peripheral surfaces of the cap to prevent rotation of the coring reamer. A plunger is inserted through the opening through the coring reamer from the proximal end and is pushed through the reamer until the bone core and bushing fall out of the distal end of the coring reamer.

Storage Package For Coring Reamer Assembly

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US Patent:
6857520, Feb 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar 22, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/104577
Inventors:
Bartolome J. Salazar - Alpharetta GA, US
Andrea Brasfield - St. Petersburg FL, US
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL, US
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
B65D085/10
US Classification:
206363, 206438
Abstract:
A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line contact. The guide bushing has a passage sized to slidably receive a guide pin. In use, the bushing advances in the proximal direction within the coring reamer along a guide pin while the excavated bone enters the passageway through the reamer. A storage package specifically designed for the reamer assembly is employed to remove the excavated bone from within the reamer. The package has a closed distal end and an open proximal end closeable with a cap. With the coring reamer received in cantilevered fashion through a central opening of the cap of the tube, and with an adapter that couples the coring reamer to a handpiece installed, a wrench is placed over the adapter and turned while the user grips peripheral surfaces of the cap to prevent rotation of the coring reamer. A plunger is inserted through the opening through the coring reamer from the proximal end and is pushed through the reamer until the bone core and bushing fall out of the distal end of the coring reamer.

Storage Package For Coring Reamer Assembly

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US Patent:
7537597, May 26, 2009
Filed:
Nov 12, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/988238
Inventors:
Bartolome J. Salazar - Alpharetta GA, US
Andrea Brasfield - St. Petersburg FL, US
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL, US
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
A61B 17/00
A61B 19/00
US Classification:
606 80, 128898
Abstract:
A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line contact. The guide bushing has a passage sized to slidably receive a guide pin. In use, the bushing advances in the proximal direction within the coring reamer along a guide pin while the excavated bone enters the passageway through the reamer. A storage package specifically designed for the reamer assembly is employed to remove the excavated bone from within the reamer. The package has a closed distal end and an open proximal end closeable with a cap. With the coring reamer received in cantilevered fashion through a central opening of the cap of the tube, and with an adapter that couples the coring reamer to a handpiece installed, a wrench is placed over the adapter and turned while the user grips peripheral surfaces of the cap to prevent rotation of the coring reamer. A plunger is inserted through the opening through the coring reamer from the proximal end and is pushed through the reamer until the bone core and bushing fall out of the distal end of the coring reamer.

Hollow Suture Needle With Handle

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US Patent:
7704262, Apr 27, 2010
Filed:
Jun 18, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/872246
Inventors:
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL, US
Steven E. Fitts - Largo FL, US
Peter C. Miller - Largo FL, US
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
A61B 17/04
US Classification:
606144
Abstract:
A suture needle instrument having improved connection means enabling a hollow suture needled to be attached to a handle in a variety of orientations. The suture needle is provided with user accessible suture channels and suture advancing wheels to facilitate cleaning and repair.

Hollow Suture Needle With Handle

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US Patent:
20090270886, Oct 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun 15, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/456229
Inventors:
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL, US
Steven E. Fitts - Largo FL, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/04
US Classification:
606146, 606139
Abstract:
A suture needle instrument having improved connection means enabling a hollow suture needled to be attached to a handle in a variety of orientations. The suture needle is provided with user accessible suture channels and suture advancing wheels to facilitate cleaning and repair.

Cannulated Tissue Anchor System

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US Patent:
61463876, Nov 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug 26, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/141175
Inventors:
A. Frank Trott - Largo FL
Joseph Fucci - Palm Harbor FL
Robert C. Hackett - Tampa FL
T. Dan Moore - St. Petersburg FL
Mark A. Bellafiore - Clearwater FL
Sam R. Marchand - Dunedin FL
Anne F. Booth - Barrington IL
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation - Largo FL
International Classification:
A61B 1758
US Classification:
606104
Abstract:
A system for inserting a cannulated tissue anchor during endoscopic surgical procedures. The system incorporates an elongated generally cylindrical tissue anchor having a plurality of barbs outwardly extending from its body and a transverse head situated at its proximal end. The head is elongated along a major axis which is misaligned relative to the rows of barbs on the body of the tissue anchor in order to enhance retention of the anchor within selected tissue. The anchor may be inserted during an endoscopic surgical procedure by a single-handed operation utilizing an instrument having a longitudinally slidable needle for guiding the anchor into place and a longitudinally slidable push rod for pushing the anchor along the needle. The system incorporates a package/loading device to facilitate the assembly of a cannulated tissue anchor with the inserter, the package/loading device being provided with a means for guiding the inserter needle through the axial bore of the tissue anchor.
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