Patents by Inventor Ioan Julian Iordachita

Ioan Julian Iordachita 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).

  • Controllable motorized device for percutaneous needle placement in soft tissue target and methods and systems related thereto
    Patent number: 7494494
    Abstract: Featured is an apparatus that places or locates a proximal end portion of a penetrating member in a target area of a body. Such an apparatus or needle driver is particularly suited for locating a percutaneous needle in a soft tissue target area of a body particularly a body having inhomogeneous soft tissues. The apparatus includes a first arm that is configured and arranged so as to support a distal portion of the penetrating member and a first drive mechanism that is coupled to the first arm. The first drive mechanism is configured and arranged to move or translate the first arm from an initial position to any of a number of other positions that are spaced from the initial position and correspondingly translate the proximal end portion of the penetrating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Dan Stoianovici, Gabor Fichtinger, Richard Matthew Wiard, Ioan Julian Iordachita, Louis Litchfield Whitcomb, Russell H. Taylor
  • Controllable motorized device for percutaneous needle placement in soft tissue target and methods and systems related thereto
    Publication number: 20020111634
    Abstract: Featured is an apparatus that places or locates a proximal end portion of a penetrating member in a target area of a body. Such an apparatus or needle driver is particularly suited for locating a percutaneous needle in a soft tissue target area of a body particularly a body having inhomogenous soft tissues. The apparatus includes a first arm that is configured and arranged so as to support a distal portion of the penetrating member and a first drive mechanism that is coupled to the first arm. The first drive mechanism is configured and arranged to move or translate the first arm from an initial position to any of a number of other positions that are spaced from the initial position and correspondingly translate the proximal end portion of the penetrating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Dan Stoianovici, Gabor Fichtinger, Richard Matthew Wiard, Ioan Julian Iordachita, Louis Litchfield Whitcomb, Russell H. Taylor