Patents by Inventor Marcus Joannes Noppe

Marcus Joannes Noppe 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).

  • Ultrasonic surgical instrument for intracorporeal sonodynamic therapy
    Patent number: 7135029
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to ultrasonic surgical instruments and, more particularly, to an intracorporeal ultrasonic surgical instrument for sonodynamic therapy. Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical system comprising: a generator and an instrument comprising: a housing; a transducer; a semi-permeable membrane; a pharmaceutical agent; and an agent delivery system. The transducer is adapted to convert the electrical energy of the generator into mechanical energy. The pharmaceutical agent, delivered into a chamber of the semi-permeable membrane, is driven through the semi-permeable membrane by the mechanical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventors: Inder Raj S. Makin, Jurgen Mensch, Marcus Joannes Noppe, Michael H. Slayton
  • Ultrasonic surgical instrument for intracorporeal sonodynamic therapy
    Publication number: 20030040698
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to ultrasonic surgical instruments and, more particularly, to an intracorporeal ultrasonic surgical instrument for sonodynamic therapy. Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical system comprising: a generator and an instrument comprising: a housing; a transducer; a semi-permeable membrane; a pharmaceutical agent; and an agent delivery system. The transducer is adapted to convert the electrical energy of the generator into mechanical energy. The pharmaceutical agent, delivered into a chamber of the semi-permeable membrane, is driven through the semi-permeable membrane by the mechanical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Inder Raj S. Makin, Jurgen Mensch, Marcus Joannes Noppe