Patents by Inventor Clarence C. Wu

Clarence C. Wu 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 and apparatus for drug and gene delivery
    Publication number: 20010020151
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a patient. The apparatus includes a deployment mechanism having a surface. The apparatus also includes at least one probe disposed on the deployment mechanism surface. The probe extends between 25 microns and 1000 microns from the surface of the deployment mechanism. The apparatus also includes material coated on the probe. A method for treating a patient. The method includes the steps of placing a material with a probe which extends less than 1000 microns from a surface of a deployment mechanism. Next, there is the step of inserting the probe into preferably a blood vessel of a patient. Then, there is the step of penetrating the interior wall of the vessel from the interior of the vessel with the probe by activating the deployment mechanism so the material can contact the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Michael L. Reed, Lee E. Weiss, Clarence C. Wu, Marc D. Feldman
  • Method and apparatus for drug and gene delivery
    Patent number: 6197013
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a patient. The apparatus includes a deployment mechanism having a surface. The apparatus also includes at least one probe disposed on the deployment mechanism surface. The probe extends between 25 microns and 1000 microns from the surface of the deployment mechanism. The apparatus also includes material coated on the probe. A method for treating a patient. The method includes the steps of placing a material with a probe which extends less than 1000 microns from a surface of a deployment mechanism. Next, there is the step of inserting the probe into preferably a blood vessel of a patient. Then, there is the step of penetrating the interior wall of the vessel from the interior of the vessel with the probe by activating the deployment mechanism so the material can contact the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Setagon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Reed, Lee E. Weiss, Clarence C. Wu, Marc D. Feldman