Patents by Inventor Amir H. Kashani

Amir H. Kashani 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).

  • Patent number: 9655774
    Abstract: A medical device having a permeable bag connected by a non-permeable cannula to a discharge sac is described along with a manufacturing process and surgical implantation method. The permeable portions of the device have pores that are sized to be permeable to a predetermined class of small molecules, such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, or other therapeutic agents. Once absorbed inside the device, the small molecules are then passively transported, by a concentration gradient of the small molecules, to the discharge sac to be disbursed. A metal tube or other strip can be included in the cannula to assist a surgeon in orienting the device within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Nicholas Scianmarello, Dongyang Kang, Jungwook Park, Mark S. Humayun, Karthik Murali, Amir H. Kashani, Hossein Nazari Khanamiri
  • Publication number: 20150366707
    Abstract: A medical device having a permeable bag connected by a non-permeable cannula to a discharge sac is described along with a manufacturing process and surgical implantation method. The permeable portions of the device have pores that are sized to be permeable to a predetermined class of small molecules, such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, or other therapeutic agents. Once absorbed inside the device, the small molecules are then passively transported, by a concentration gradient of the small molecules, to the discharge sac to be disbursed. A metal tube or other strip can be included in the cannula to assist a surgeon in orienting the device within the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Nicholas Scianmarello, Dongyang Kang, Jungwook Park, Mark S. Humayun, Karthik Murali, Amir H. Kashani, Hossein Nazari Khanamiri
  • Patent number: 8649008
    Abstract: Combined spectral and polarimetry imaging and diagnostic techniques are disclosed, including an imaging system that simultaneously records spatially co-registered spectral and polarization information from an image of a target scene such as an ocular structure or material or device in an around the eye. Image acquisition and image calibration by such an imaging system or an imaging spectrometer or polarimeter are also disclosed. Methods of data storage and image display relevant to medical practice in general and ophthalmology practice specifically are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: Amir H. Kashani, Mark S. Humayun
  • Publication number: 20110206291
    Abstract: Combined spectral and polarimetry imaging and diagnostic techniques are disclosed, including an imaging system that simultaneously records spatially co-registered spectral and polarization information from an image of a target scene such as an ocular structure or material or device in an around the eye. Image acquisition and image calibration by such an imaging system or an imaging spectrometer or polarimeter are also disclosed. Methods of data storage and image display relevant to medical practice in general and ophthalmology practice specifically are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Amir H. Kashani, Mark S. Humayun