Patents by Inventor Charles R. Lambert

Charles R. Lambert 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).

  • Infrared endoscopic balloon probes
    Patent number: 8538507
    Abstract: Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hypermed Imaging, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Charles R. Lambert, Michael J. Hopmeier, Edgar N. Lewis
  • INFRARED ENDOSCOPIC BALLOON PROBES
    Publication number: 20120108903
    Abstract: Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hypermed Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Charles R. Lambert, Michael J. Hopmeier, Edgar N. Lewis
  • Infrared endoscopic balloon probes
    Patent number: 8024027
    Abstract: Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hyperspectral Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Charles R. Lambert, Michael I. Hopmeier
  • Method and apparatus for delivery of x-ray irradiation
    Patent number: 6847700
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for generation and/or delivery of x-ray irradiation. The subject invention can be used to deliver x-ray irradiation to an artery in order to prevent restenosis in the artery. For example, a short pulse laser generated ionizing dose of x-ray irradiation can be effectively delivered to the arterial wall using hollow waveguides. The delivery of such a dose can help to prevent restenosis. The use of short pulse x-rays can allow energy to be precisely delivered, and can reduce diffusion of the energy to nearby normal tissue during the exposure. The arterial walls can be irradiated from a cylindrical or conical symmetric mirrored reflective end tip mounted on the end of a hollow waveguide. The subject invention also pertains to a method and apparatus for delivery of x-ray radiation with respect to medical therapies such as tumor necrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Florida Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kunal Mitra, Charles R. Lambert
  • Infrared endoscopic balloon probes
    Publication number: 20040204651
    Abstract: Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Charles R. Lambert, Michael I. Hopmeier
  • Infrared endoscopic balloon probes
    Patent number: 6741884
    Abstract: Balloon probes, adapted for use in endoscopy and other medical procedures, are useful to obtain spectroscopic information reflected or emitted from a tissue of interest in the infrared spectral region. The information collected by the probe is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The invention also relates to methods utilizing these probes to analyze a surface of interest, in a minimally invasive manner, in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: HyperMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny E. Freeman, Charles R. Lambert, Michael J. Hopmeier