Patents Represented by Attorney Faustino A. Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Lichauco
  • Patent number: 6022308
    Abstract: A completely implantable apparatus is provided for treatment of tissue surrounding a cavity left by surgical removal of a brain tumor. The apparatus includes an inflatable balloon constructed for placement in the cavity. A subcutaneously implantable treatment fluid receptacle is provided for receiving a transdermal injection of a treatment fluid. A catheter connects the receptacle to the inflatable balloon. Various embodiments provide for simultaneous application of heat therapy and/or radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy to the remaining tissue surrounding the cavity from which the tumor was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Proxima Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffery A. Williams
  • Patent number: 5954180
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting counterfeit documents has a gate defining a path through which documents can be passed to engage a nib which transfers a reactive liquid from a reservoir to a document. The reactive liquid reacts with the document to indicate whether the document is a counterfeit. To limit the evaporation of reactive liquid, a seal seals the nib from the atmosphere when no document is in the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: David John Critchley
  • Patent number: 5911266
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting fabric such as a net curtain 5 over an aperture such as a window comprises first and second members 4 and 2 respectively which have exposed faces which are mutually magnetically attractive, the sacond member 2 being L-shaped to provide below its exposed face a ledge for supporting the first member 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Inventor: Steven Jacobs
  • Patent number: 5849009
    Abstract: An applicator probe (10) for applying a high-frequency electromagnetic energy flux to the skin through a conducting gel, the applicator probe having a non-conducting contact surface (14) which is applied to the skin. This surface includes a plurality of discrete electromagnetic emission points or areas (16) defined by parts of the turns of a coil (12) which is set back from the surface when the applicator probe is in use. The applicator probe according to the invention consists of a flexible sheet which is able to conform to the part of the body onto which it is applied. The flexible sheet includes a non-conductive lower internal portion (or "sole") and a non-conductive upper/external portion (or "back"). At least the lower portion is a sole (14) provided with a row of cavities and which forms the contact surface. The cavities contain the conducting gel which is applied to the skin. The generally flat turns of the coil are arranged in a sandwich configuration between the openwork sole (14) and the back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Inventor: Gabriel Bernaz