Patents by Inventor Iulian Cioanta

Iulian Cioanta 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).

  • ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SHOCK WAVES USED WITH SEGMENT PARABOLIC REFLECTOR FOR MEAT PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20210068431
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for treating animal carcasses prior to processing for meat consumption include applying acoustic pressure shock waves with a segment parabolic reflector and pseudo-planar shock waves to an animal carcass to reduce contaminants on the carcass for improved safety when distributed as meat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventor: Iulian Cioanta
  • Acoustic pressure shock waves used for personalized medical treatment of tissue conditions
    Patent number: 10888715
    Abstract: A system for individualized treatment of a tissue condition with acoustic pressure shocks includes personalized determination and automatic adjustment of a shock wave treatment regimen or shock wave dosage to be administered for personalized treatment based on factors such as a patient's comorbidities, state of the tissue condition, individual physical characteristics and lifestyle parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Cary McGhin, John Jackson
  • Acoustic pressure shock waves used for meat processing
    Patent number: 10874124
    Abstract: Methods for treating animal carcasses prior to processing for meat consumption include applying acoustic pressure shock waves to an animal carcass to reduce contaminants on the carcass for improved safety when distributed as meat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventor: Iulian Cioanta
  • INTRACORPOREAL EXPANDABLE SHOCK WAVE REFLECTOR
    Publication number: 20200330113
    Abstract: An intracorporeal pressure shock wave includes an expandable pressure shock wave reflector at the distal end of an intracorporeal catheter to direct shock waves from a shock wave generator within a human or animal blood vessel or body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian CIOANTA, Christopher M. CASHMAN
  • Distributor product programming system
    Patent number: 10769249
    Abstract: A product programming system includes a product subject to maintenance, part refurbishment and/or part replacement that has a security device communicatively coupled to a computing device programmed to re-authorize normal operation of the product when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or a predetermined period of time has lapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Cary McGhin, Iulian Cioanta, Christopher Cashman, Clifford Martin
  • Infected Prosthesis and Implant Treatment with Acoustic Pressure Shock Waves
    Publication number: 20200179726
    Abstract: Human and animal biofilms and pathogens are treated with extracorporeal acoustic pressure shock waves at a location of prosthesis or implant in a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventor: Iulian CIOANTA
  • Occlusion and clot treatment with intracorporeal pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10639051
    Abstract: An intracorporeal pressure shock wave device to provide treatment within blood vessels artificial vessels and grafts that includes a frontal pressure shock wave reflector positioned at the distal end of an intracorporeal catheter to direct shock waves toward a treatment target, such as an occlusion and clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Christopher M. Cashman
  • Tissue disinfection with acoustic pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10569106
    Abstract: Human and animal infections are treated using extracorporeal acoustic pressure shock waves that destroy harmful pathogens as bacteria, viruses, funguses and other micro-organisms to disinfect infected tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventor: Iulian Cioanta
  • Systems and methods for separating heavy water from normal water using acoustic pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10562793
    Abstract: A method of separating heavy water from normal through application of acoustic pressure shock waves to a fluid including heavy water and normal water and recovering separated normal water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, John Jackson
  • SHOCK WAVE DEVICE WITH FAR FIELD FOCUSED REFLECTORS
    Publication number: 20190360309
    Abstract: A battery of shock waves applicators positioned on a support beam having an elliptical or spherical shape in a common device wherein focused shock waves from the applicators combine to provide pseudo-planar waves over a far field distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian CIOANTA, Cary McGhin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVATING AND DEWATERING SLUDGE USING ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SHOCK WAVES
    Publication number: 20190330083
    Abstract: A method of activating and dewatering sludge through application of acoustic pressure shock waves to wastewater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian CIOANTA, John JACKSON
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING SURFACE MATERIALS FROM A FLUID USING ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SHOCK WAVES
    Publication number: 20190330082
    Abstract: A method of separating material, such as foam, sludge, oil or grease, at a fluid's surface, by applying acoustic pressure shock waves to the material and the fluid's surface such that acoustic pressure shock waves are propagated in liquid medium of the fluid and in gas medium above the fluid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian CIOANTA, John JACKSON
  • Membrane cleaning and desalination with a membrane using acoustic pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10457571
    Abstract: Acoustic pressure shock waves are applied to a membrane in a fluid to prevent attachment of or dislodge biological or solid matter for membrane cleaning or desalination with a membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, John Jackson
  • Shock waves for pipe cleaning
    Patent number: 10378314
    Abstract: A method for cleaning pipes using shock wave generating devices (i) within an interior of a pipe and focusing shock waves therein to remove accumulated material and (ii) from the exterior of a pipe by sending shock waves into the pipe from the exterior to remove accumulated material therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Cary McGhin
  • SHOCK WAVES FOR OIL SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20190218889
    Abstract: A pressure shock wave apparatus applies shock waves to separate substances, such as oil, from a water mixture in an enclosure. The substance, such as oil, is moved toward a substance removal conduit and the water moved toward a water conduit from action of the shock wave apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Cary McGhin
  • Water desalination using freeze crystallization and acoustic pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10246349
    Abstract: A method of desalinating water through application of acoustic pressure shock waves to a slush to separate ice crystals from brine and recovering desalinated water from the separated ice crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, John Jackson
  • Blood vessel treatment with intracorporeal pressure shock waves
    Patent number: 10238405
    Abstract: A shock wave device to provide treatment within a blood vessel includes a shock wave reflector that directs shock waves laterally to blood vessel walls in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of symmetry of a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Christopher M. Cashman
  • Extracorporeal pressure shock wave devices with multiple reflectors and methods for using these devices
    Patent number: 10058340
    Abstract: A shock wave applicator includes a housing multiple reflectors with shock wave generators projecting into a shared cavity. The multiple shock wave generators are able to produce a variety of shockwave focal volumes and wave fronts for medical treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Christopher M. Cashman
  • Acoustic pressure shock wave devices and methods for fluids processing
    Patent number: 10053376
    Abstract: A method of treating fluids, including for recovery of water apart from impurities or undesired matter, utilizes application of shock waves to the fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, John Jackson
  • ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SHOCK WAVES USED FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICAL TREATMENT OF TISSUE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20180221688
    Abstract: A system for individualized treatment of a tissue condition with acoustic pressure shocks includes personalized determination and automatic adjustment of a shock wave treatment regimen or shock wave dosage to be administered for personalized treatment based on factors such as a patient's comorbidities, state of the tissue condition, individual physical characteristics and lifestyle parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Cary MCGHIN, John JACKSON