Patents by Inventor Kathleen McMillan

Kathleen McMillan 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).

  • Photothermal vascular targeting with bioreductive agents
    Patent number: 6240925
    Abstract: A method of selectively enhancing the effect of photothermal vascular targeting on tumor regression by administration of a bioreductive agent is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignees: Cynosure, Inc., New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen McMillan, Frederic M. Durville
  • Method and apparatus for treating wrinkles in skin using radiation
    Patent number: 6120497
    Abstract: A method for treating wrinkles in skin involves the use of a beam of pulsed, scanned or gated continuous wave laser or incoherent radiation. The method comprises generating a beam of radiation, directing the beam of radiation to a targeted dermal region between 100 microns and 1.2 millimeters below a wrinkle in the skin, and thermally injuring collagen in the targeted dermal region. The beam of radiation has a wavelength of between 1.3 and 1.8 microns. The method may include cooling an area of the skin above the targeted dermal region while partially denaturing the collagen in the targeted dermal region. The method may also include cooling an area of the skin above the targeted dermal region prior to thermally injuring collagen in the targeted dermal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignees: Massachusetts General Hospital, Candela Corporation, United States of America
    Inventors: R. Rox Anderson, Edward Victor Ross, Jr., James C. Hsia, Kathleen McMillan
  • Method of treating sleep-disordered breathing syndromes
    Patent number: 6026816
    Abstract: A method for treating sleep-disordered breathing syndromes, for example, snoring in a mammal. The method involves applying energy, for example, energy from laser light, to a preselected region of soft palate tissue in the mammal in an amount and duration sufficient to induce thermal injury to subepithelial tissue in the preselected region of soft palate tissue while minimizing thermal injury to epithelial tissue in the preselected region of soft palate tissue. Thermal injury of the subepithelial tissue results in stiffening of the preselected region of soft palate tissue thereby ameliorating the symptoms of the sleep-disordered breathing syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignees: Candela Corporation, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen McMillan, James C. Hsia, Stanley M. Shapshay, Anthony J. Durkin
  • Method and apparatus for treating wrinkles in skin using radiation
    Patent number: 5810801
    Abstract: A method for treating wrinkles in skin involves the use of a beam of puls scanned or gated continuous wave laser or incoherent radiation. The method comprises generating a beam of radiation, directing the beam of radiation to a targeted dermal region between 100 microns and 1.2 millimeters below a wrinkle in the skin, and thermally injuring collagen in the targeted dermal region. The beam of radiation has a wavelength of between 1.3 and 1.8 microns. The method may include cooling an area of the skin above the targeted dermal region while partially denaturing the collagen in the targeted dermal region. The method may also include cooling an area of the skin above the targeted dermal region prior to thermally injuring collagen in the targeted dermal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignees: Candela Corporation, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: R. Rox Anderson, Edward Victor Ross, Jr., James C. Hsia, Kathleen McMillan