Patents by Inventor Ellet H. Drake

Ellet H. Drake 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).

  • Patent number: 4928695
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and treating abnormal electrical conducting tissue of an organ of the body which comprises a catheter insertable within a blood vessel or body cavity into proximity with the organ to be treated. An electrode or other electrical field-producing element is carried within the catheter and is effective to produce an electric field capable of inducing abnormal movement of the organ, e.g., a cardiac arrhythmia, when the electrode is placed at or near the focus of the abnormal electrical conducting tissue of the organ. A relatively undistorted image of such abnormal tissue is obtained using optical phase conjugation of a low energy laser beam which is directed to the focus of the damaged tissue and the along one or more optic fibers carried within the catheter to a viewing apparatus. A laser beam transmitted through another optic fiber carried within the catheter is then employed, if necessary, to destroy the damaged tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Inventors: Leon Goldman, Ellet H. Drake, Steven Goldman