Patents by Inventor James G. Lovewell
James G. Lovewell 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).
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Patent number: 10258405Abstract: A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit that is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Shaily Bhargav, David A. Blau, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20170245912Abstract: A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit that is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Shaily Bhargav, David A. Blau, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Patent number: 9681909Abstract: A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Inventors: Shaily Bhargav, David A. Blau, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20160354142Abstract: A medical system and method for estimating a treatment region for a medical treatment device is provided. The system includes a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module generates an estimated treatment region which is an estimate of a treatment region which would have been derived as a result of a numerical model analysis such as a finite element analysis. Advantageously, the estimated treatment region is generated using a fraction of the time it takes to generate the region using the numerical model analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David Warden, David Lee Morrison, Tony R. Samo, Hy Truong Lai, William C. Hamilton, Rafael Vidal Davalos, Robert E. Neal, II
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Patent number: 8562588Abstract: A method and device are herein described to treat a target region of tissue, using at least one energy delivery device coupled to a power source and positioned in a treatment position so as to irreversibly electroporate tissue to ablate a target region, and introduce regenerative materials into a treated region.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Eamonn P. Hobbs, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Patent number: 8372064Abstract: A device for delivering therapeutic energy to tissue is provided. The device includes a proximal segment and a distal segment having one or more electrodes for delivering the therapeutic energy to the tissue. An articulating segment connects the proximal segment and the distal segment such that the distal segment is articulatable with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal segment. In one aspect of the invention, the articulating segment includes a living hinge. In another aspect of the invention, at least one electrically conductive articulating cable runs along the articulating segment, wherein the articulating cable is used both to articulate the distal segment and to deliver the therapeutic energy to the one or more electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Valerie L. Douglass, Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David A. Blau
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Publication number: 20120289888Abstract: A method and device are herein described to treat a target region of tissue, using at least one energy delivery device coupled to a power source and positioned in a treatment position so as to irreversibly electroporate tissue to ablate a target region, and introduce regenerative materials into a treated region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Eamonn P. Hobbs, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Patent number: 8241343Abstract: A lighting device for use as a visual indicator in a medical probe is provided. The lighting device includes one or more light emitting elements that are used as a visual status indicator for the medical probe, and a driver circuit that receives current from a power source and drives the light emitting elements. The driver circuit includes a current sensor to sense a current flowing through the light emitting elements, and a shut off switch. The shut off switch shuts off the power source current from the light emitting elements based on the sensed current from the current sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Valerie L. Douglass, Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David A. Blau
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Patent number: 8231603Abstract: A method and device are herein described to treat a target region of tissue, using at least one energy delivery device coupled to a power source and positioned in a treatment position so as to irreversibly electroporate tissue to ablate a target region, and introduce regenerative materials into a treated region.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Eamonn P. Hobbs, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20100249771Abstract: A system and method for interactively planning and controlling a treatment of a patient for a medical treatment device are provided. The system includes a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module graphically displays in real time a continuously changing treatment region defined by the electrodes as a user moves at least one of the electrodes. This allows the user to more effectively plan and treat a target region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David Warden, David Lee Morrison, Tony R. Sarno, Hy Truong Lai, William C. Hamilton, JR., Rafael Vidal Davalos, Robert E. Neal, II
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Publication number: 20100250209Abstract: A medical system and method for estimating a treatment region for a medical treatment device is provided. The system includes a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module generates an estimated treatment region which is an estimate of a treatment region which would have been derived as a result of a numerical model analysis such as a finite element analysis. Advantageously, the estimated treatment region is generated using a fraction of the time it takes to generate the region using the numerical model analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David Warden, David Lee Morrison, Tony R. Sarno, Hy Truong Lai, William C. Hamilton, JR., Rafael Vidal Davalos, Robert E. Neal, II
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Publication number: 20100204638Abstract: A method and device are herein described to treat a target region of tissue, using at least one energy delivery device coupled to a power source and positioned in a treatment position so as to irreversibly electroporate tissue to ablate a target region, and introduce regenerative materials into a treated region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Eamonn P. Hobbs, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20090318905Abstract: A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit that is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Shaily Bhargav, David A. Blau, James G. Lovewell, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20090125020Abstract: A lighting device for use as a visual indicator in a medical probe is provided. The lighting device includes one or more light emitting elements that are used as a visual status indicator for the medical probe, and a driver circuit that receiving current from a power source and drives the light emitting elements. The driver circuit includes a current sensor to sense a current flowing through the light emitting elements, and a shut off switch. The shut off switch shuts off the power source current from the light emitting elements based on the sensed current from the current sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Valerie L. Douglass, Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David A. Blau
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Publication number: 20090125019Abstract: A device for delivering therapeutic energy to tissue is provided. The device includes a proximal segment and a distal segment having one or more electrodes for delivering the therapeutic energy to the tissue. An articulating segment connects the proximal segment and the distal segment such that the distal segment is articulatable with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal segment. In one aspect of the invention, the articulating segment includes a living hinge. In another aspect of the invention, at least one electrically conductive articulating cable runs along the articulating segment, wherein the articulating cable is used both to articulate the distal segment and to deliver the therapeutic energy to the one or more electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Valerie L. Douglass, Robert M. Pearson, James G. Lovewell, David A. Blau
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Patent number: 7041121Abstract: A medical device for photodynamically treating cancerous tissue, such as prostate cancer, comprising a body, a needle extendable from the body and at least one light-emitting (e.g., laser) diode mounted on the needle. The body is sized and configured for introduction into the urethra of a patient. The needle is movable between a retracted position housed substantially within the cylindrical body, and a deployed position in which the needle extends from the cylindrical body to enable it to penetrate into prostate tissue. The light-emitting diode is adapted to emit light to activate a photosensitizing agent (e.g., porfimer sodium) in or adjacent cancerous tissue in the prostate. Methods of treating cancer and other embodiments of medical devices for cancer treatment are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Medtronicvidamed, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Williams, James G. Lovewell, Thomas H. McGaffigan
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Patent number: 6855141Abstract: A method for monitoring the impedance in a circuit coupling a radio frequency electrode to a radio frequency generator to control the power supplied by the generator to the electrode during a treatment procedure. In the method, the impedance in the circuit is monitored over a length of time. An expected impedance at the end of the treatment procedure is calculated from the monitored impedance and compared to a predetermined maximum impedance. The power supplied to the circuit is reduced if the expected impedance is greater than the predetermined maximum impedance. A computer-readable memory and apparatus utilizing the method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: James G. Lovewell
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Patent number: 6730079Abstract: A method for calculating the impedance in a first circuit coupling a first radio frequency electrode to a radio frequency controller where the first electrode is disposed in tissue in the vicinity of a second radio frequency electrode coupled to a second circuit. The impedance IMP of the first circuit is measured when energy is being supplied to both electrodes. The impedance IMP0 of the first circuit is also measured when energy is being supplied to the first electrode but not to the second electrode, and subtracted from the impedance value IMP to determine a delta value IMP&Dgr;. The impedance IMP2 of the first circuit is then measured when energy is being supplied to both electrodes. The impedance delta value IMP&Dgr; is subtracted from the impedance value IMP2 to arrive at a calculated impedance value for the first circuit. A computer-readable memory and apparatus utilizing the method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Medtronic Vidamed, Inc.Inventor: James G. Lovewell
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Publication number: 20040015161Abstract: A method for monitoring the impedance in a circuit coupling a radio frequency electrode to a radio frequency generator to control the power supplied by the generator to the electrode during a treatment procedure. In the method, the impedance in the circuit is monitored over a length of time. An expected impedance at the end of the treatment procedure is calculated from the monitored impedance and compared to a predetermined maximum impedance. The power supplied to the circuit is reduced if the expected impedance is greater than the predetermined maximum impedance. A computer-readable memory and apparatus utilizing the method are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: MEDTRONIC VIDAMED, INC.Inventor: James G. Lovewell
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Publication number: 20040015160Abstract: A method for calculating the impedance in a first circuit coupling a first radio frequency electrode to a radio frequency controller where the first electrode is disposed in tissue in the vicinity of a second radio frequency electrode coupled to a second circuit. The impedance IMP of the first circuit is measured when energy is being supplied to both electrodes. The impedance IMP0 of the first circuit is also measured when energy is being supplied to the first electrode but not to the second electrode, and subtracted from the impedance value IMP to determine a delta value IMP. The impedance IMP2 of the first circuit is then measured when energy is being supplied to both electrodes. The impedance delta value IMP is subtracted from the impedance value IMP2 to arrive at a calculated impedance value for the first circuit. A computer-readable memory and apparatus utilizing the method are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: MEDTRONIC VIDAMED, INC.Inventor: James G. Lovewell