Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Sebern

Elizabeth Sebern 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).

  • Apparatus and method for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback
    Patent number: 7967016
    Abstract: A platform Smart Scalpel system using rapid real-time feedback for effecting laser treatment. The platform system includes an imaging system for rapid real-time detection of tissue characteristics, a processing system for processing the detected characteristics, and a treatment system for effecting treatment in accordance with results of the processing. The platform system provides for preprogramming and real-time inputting conditions and parameters for diagnosis using the imaging system and/or treatment using the treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: R. Rox Anderson, Ian W. Hunter, Colin J. H. Brenan, Keng Hui Lim, Elizabeth Sebern
  • Apparatus and method for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback
    Patent number: 7217266
    Abstract: A platform Smart Scalpel system using rapid real-time feedback for effecting laser treatment. The platform system includes an imaging system for rapid real-time detection of tissue characteristics, a processing system for processing the detected characteristics, and a treatment system for effecting treatment in accordance with results of the processing. The platform system provides for preprogramming and real-time inputting conditions and parameters for diagnosis using the imaging system and/or treatment using the treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventors: R. Rox Anderson, Ian W. Hunter, Colin J. H. Brenan, Keng Hui Lim, Elizabeth Sebern
  • Apparatus and method for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback
    Publication number: 20070043341
    Abstract: A platform Smart Scalpel system using rapid real-time feedback for effecting laser treatment. The platform system includes an imaging system for rapid real-time detection of tissue characteristics, a processing system for processing the detected characteristics, and a treatment system for effecting treatment in accordance with results of the processing. The platform system provides for preprogramming and real-time inputting conditions and parameters for diagnosis using the imaging system and/or treatment using the treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: R. Anderson, Ian Hunter, Colin Brenan, Keng Lim, Elizabeth Sebern
  • Biopsy method
    Publication number: 20060241516
    Abstract: A biopsy device having an insert and related method are disclosed. The insert permits a user to obtain a tissue sample surrounding a center core(s) of removed tissue. The additional tissue provides an effective evaluation of whether all the desired tissue has been excised and a determination of whether an acceptable margin of healthy tissue has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: John Hibner, Elizabeth Sebern, Michael Piller
  • Device for tissue removal
    Publication number: 20050256520
    Abstract: An excisional biopsy method is disclosed. The method can include rotating an arcuate shaped electrode around a tissue specimen, and drawing a sheath around the tissue specimen as the specimen is cut from a tissue mass. In one embodiment, the method includes tunneling to a tissue site with one electrode, and cutting with a second electrode to obtain the tissue specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Albrecht, John Hibner, Elizabeth Sebern
  • Apparatus and method for laser treatment with spectroscopic feedback
    Publication number: 20030036751
    Abstract: A platform Smart Scalpel system using rapid real-time feedback for effecting laser treatment. The platform system includes an imaging system for rapid real-time detection of tissue characteristics, a processing system for processing the detected characteristics, and a treatment system for effecting treatment in accordance with results of the processing. The platform system provides for preprogramming and real-time inputting conditions and parameters for diagnosis using the imaging system and/or treatment using the treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: R. Rox Anderson, Ian W. Hunter, Colin J.H. Brenan, Keng Hui Lim, Elizabeth Sebern