Patents by Inventor Dinusha Serandi GUNAWARDENA

Dinusha Serandi GUNAWARDENA 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).

  • MEDICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING POSITIONING OF SAME
    Publication number: 20230028220
    Abstract: A medical device that includes a carrier member, one or more operative components disposed in the carrier member, an optical fiber at least partly disposed in the carrier member, and at least one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor array associated with the optical fiber and disposed in the carrier member. The carrier member includes an insertion end and side walls that contact the subject's body during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. The at least one FBG sensor array measures contact forces at one or both of the insertion end and along the side walls of the carrier member during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. A multi-core optical fiber configured for use in a medical device for positioning in a subject's body is also provided. A system and method for guiding positioning of a medical device in a subject's body is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bernard CHEN, Jean-Marc GERARD, Arvind Kumar N VADIVELU, Denny Nurjanto OETOMO, Stephen John O'LEARY, Hwa-Yaw TAM, Zhengyong LIU, Dinusha Serandi GUNAWARDENA