Patents by Inventor C. F. Douglas Ackman

C. F. Douglas Ackman 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).

  • Method of coagulating muscle tissue
    Patent number: 4597379
    Abstract: A method of coagulating a muscle tissue contained within fat tissue substantially without harming the fat tissue, comprising directing microwave radiation through the fat tissue towards the muscle tissue at a selective frequency effective to cause coagulation of the muscle tissue substantially exclusively of the fat tissue, for sufficient time to heat the muscle tissue to temperature at which the muscle tissue coagulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Cabot Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Harry Kihn, C. F. Douglas Ackman