Patents by Inventor Brian K. Pikul

Brian K. Pikul 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).

  • Publication number: 20020087206
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon is disposed into a body cavity and inflated to expand into the body cavity. A subcutaneously implanted, resealable catheter is coupled to the inflatable balloon. The resealable catheter provides repetitive access for an optical fiber disposed through a first lumen to illuminate the inner surface and for a radiation source disposed on the distal tip of a wire to provide repetitive long term, fractionated photodynamic and radiation therapy to tissues adjacent to the inner surface. A light diffusing fluid is disposed in the inflatable balloon. The catheter has a self-healing membrane coupled to and closing its proximal end. An insert is coupled to the proximal end and to the first lumen in the subcutaneous, resealable catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Henry Hirschberg, Bruce J. Tromberg, Steen Madsen, Brian K. Pikul