Samuel G Rodriques

Title: Samuel G. Rodriques and Automated Surgical Drilling

Introduction

Samuel G. Rodriques is an inventor associated with Wilmington, Delaware, and Clee Medical SA. His patent work includes a surgical system designed to automate bone drilling and assess tissue at the end of a drilled bore.

Latest Patents

Rodriques is credited with 1 patent: “Automated Drilling Device and Method.” The invention describes a surgical device with a drill bit for boring through bone and a separate tissue detector with a sensor. The drill and detector can be actuated independently, allowing the drill bit to be retracted before the sensor is inserted into the bore. A controller can coordinate these steps and use the sensor’s signal to determine a tissue characteristic at the bore’s distal location.

Career Highlights

The automated drilling invention combines controlled drilling with tissue sensing in a single surgical workflow. Its design allows the system to gather information from the end of a bore after drilling, potentially supporting more informed surgical procedures.

Collaborations

Rodriques’s listed coworkers include Jonathan Betts-LaCroix and David J. Segar. His company affiliation is Clee Medical SA.

Conclusion

Samuel G. Rodriques’s patent reflects an approach to surgical innovation that pairs automated bone drilling with tissue detection to provide information from within a drilled bore.