Patents by Inventor Ori Weisberg
Ori Weisberg 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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Publication number: 20220296395Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device having first and second longitudinal ends, the device having a length of less than 80 mm when the device is unconstrained. The device includes struts arranged such that, when the device is unconstrained, along a continuous portion of the device having a length that is at least 5 mm, a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts is more than 1.5 times as great as a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts within longitudinal portions of the device within 3 mm of the longitudinal ends of the device. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol, Tal Oren, Yaron Assaf, Tanhum Feld, Moshe Elazar
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Publication number: 20200384248Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device shaped to define (a) at least two artery-contact regions, the artery-contact regions comprising struts that are configured to stretch an arterial wall by applying pressure to the arterial wall, and (b) at least two crimping regions that comprise locking mechanisms configured to prevent the crimping regions from becoming crimped due to pressure from the wall of the artery on the artery-contact regions. The crimping regions are configured to be crimped during insertion of the device, via a catheter, by the locking mechanisms being unlocked during insertion of the device. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Yossi GROSS, Itzik AVNERI, Ori WEISBERG, Moshe ESHKOL, Omry BEN-EZRA, Raanan GEFEN, Tal OREN, Yaron ASSAF, Tanhum FELD, Moshe ELAZAR
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Patent number: 10384043Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device shaped to define (a) at least two artery-contact regions, the artery-contact regions comprising struts that are configured to stretch an arterial wall by applying pressure to the arterial wall, and (b) at least two crimping regions that comprise locking mechanisms configured to prevent the crimping regions from becoming crimped due to pressure from the wall of the artery on the artery-contact regions. The crimping regions are configured to be crimped during insertion of the device, via a catheter, by the locking mechanisms being unlocked during insertion of the device. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Vascular Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol
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Publication number: 20190133687Abstract: Medical treatment devices for treating a tissue are disclosed. The medical treatment devices may comprise an optical fiber with a treatment section as well as an illumination source configured to deliver electromagnetic radiation through the optical fiber to apply a specified treatment. The treatment section may comprise at least one element with a refractive index that may be different from a refractive index of the optical fiber and/or may be same as the refractive index of the optical fiber. A spatial configuration of the optical and the at least one element within the treatment section of the medical treatment device and/or optical properties of the optical fiber and/or the at least one element may determine an emission region through the treatment section. The emission region may be radial (or at least have a radial component) with respect to a cross-section of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: ASYMMETRIC MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Moshe ESHKOL, Ori WEISBERG
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Publication number: 20180235700Abstract: Tissue and vessel treatment devices and respective methods are provided. Devices comprise a flexible treatment layer that comprises a plurality of operable elements configured to be activated to apply the treatment to the obstruction upon bending of the flexible treatment layer beyond a specified curvature threshold and to be de-activated upon a specified decrease of the bending. The treatment layer may comprise optical fiber(s) with the operable elements as emission regions that emit electromagnetic radiation from the core upon bending the optical fiber beyond a specified bending threshold. Devices may be configured as vessel sealing tips for surgical forceps, in which the treatment layer is configured to yield vessel welding and vessel cutting effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Asymmetric Medical Ltd.Inventors: Moshe ESHKOL, Ori WEISBERG
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Publication number: 20170196713Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device having first and second longitudinal ends, the device having a length of less than 80 mm when the device is unconstrained. The device includes struts arranged such that, when the device is unconstrained, along a continuous portion of the device having a length that is at least 5 mm, a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts is more than 1.5 times as great as a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts within longitudinal portions of the device within 3 mm of the longitudinal ends of the device. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol, Tal Oren, Yaron Assaf, Tanhum Feld, Moshe Elazar
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Publication number: 20170135829Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including identifying a subject as suffering from hypertension. In response to the identifying (a) a radius of curvature of a first set of at least three regions of an arterial wall of the subject is increased at a given longitudinal location, while (b) allowing the first set of regions of the arterial wall to pulsate. A device is implanted inside the artery at the longitudinal location such that the device applies pressure to the arterial wall at a second set of at least three regions of the artery, but does not contact the first set of regions, the first set regions and the second set of regions alternating with each other. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Yossi GROSS, Ori WEISBERG, Itzik AVNERI
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Patent number: 9642726Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device having first and second longitudinal ends, the device having a length of less than 80 mm when the device is unconstrained. The device includes struts arranged such that, when the device is unconstrained, along a continuous portion of the device having a length that is at least 5 mm, a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts is more than 1.5 times as great as a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts within longitudinal portions of the device within 3 mm of the longitudinal ends of the device. Other applications are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Vascular Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol, Tal Oren, Yaron Assaf, Tanhum Feld, Moshe Elazar
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Patent number: 9592136Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including identifying a subject as suffering from hypertension. In response to the identifying (a) a radius of curvature of a first set of at least three regions of an arterial wall of the subject is increased at a given longitudinal location, while (b) allowing the first set of regions of the arterial wall to pulsate. A device is implanted inside the artery at the longitudinal location such that the device applies pressure to the arterial wall at a second set of at least three regions of the artery, but does not contact the first set of regions, the first set of regions and the second set of regions alternating with each other. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Vascular Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Ori Weisberg, Itzik Avneri
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Publication number: 20170065346Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for indicating treatment efficiency by illuminating a signal onto surrounding tissue. The signal may be dynamic and is configured to indicate specific parameters of the treatment, the device and the patient. Various signal features may denote different parameters. Devices and methods are provided for maintaining a fiber tip effective throughout a treatment procedure by regenerating or replacing the tip. Devices and methods are provided for controlling emission from bended fibers. Cordless configurations of laser treatment devices are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol, Summer-Galai Amit
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Publication number: 20160157928Abstract: A vessel sealing tip for surgical forceps is provided, which allows both sealing a vessel section and cutting therethrough without extracting the tip out of the body or exchanging the tip. Either a single action yields the sealing and the cutting or two or more tip actions may be carried out sequentially to perform the sealing and cutting operations. In addition, the tip may be used for cutting through tissue. Embodiments of the tip may utilize any energy source, in particular optical laser energy but also RF or ultrasound energy. The different effects (sealing, cutting) may be achieved by varying the emitted energy spatially, by manipulating the vessel prior or during energy delivery, by changing a configuration of the tip during operation and by combining tensile forces or ablation at appropriate locations of the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Moshe ESHKOL, Ori WEISBERG
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Publication number: 20160058989Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device shaped to define (a) at least two artery-contact regions, the artery-contact regions comprising struts that are configured to stretch an arterial wall by applying pressure to the arterial wall, and (b) at least two crimping regions that comprise locking mechanisms configured to prevent the crimping regions from becoming crimped due to pressure from the wall of the artery on the artery-contact regions. The crimping regions are configured to be crimped during insertion of the device, via a catheter, by the locking mechanisms being unlocked during insertion of the device. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Yossi GROSS, Itzik AVNERI, Ori WEISBERG, Moshe ESHKOL
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Patent number: 9125732Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device shaped to define (a) at least two artery-contact regions, the artery-contact regions comprising struts that are configured to stretch an arterial wall by applying pressure to the arterial wall, and (b) at least two crimping regions that comprise locking mechanisms configured to prevent the crimping regions from becoming crimped due to pressure from the wall of the artery on the artery-contact regions. The crimping regions are configured to be crimped during insertion of the device, via a catheter, by the locking mechanisms being unlocked during insertion of the device. Other embodiments are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: VASCULAR DYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol
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Patent number: 9125567Abstract: Apparatus is provided for reducing hypertension of a subject. A selective circumferential pressure applicator (60) includes at least two surfaces (61) that increase baroreceptor activity of the subject, by applying pressure to an artery (20) of the subject at two or more respective non-contiguous regions around the circumference of the artery, at a longitudinal site of the artery, such that between the non-contiguous regions, at the longitudinal site (a) there is at least one region (22) of the artery that is more relaxed than in the absence of the device, and (b) there is at least one region (21) of the artery that is more tense than in the absence of the device. A joint (63) couples the surfaces to each other. For at least a portion of the subject's cardiac cycle, the joint does not to contact the subject's artery. Other applications are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: VASCULAR DYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Omry Ben Ezra, Ori Weisberg, Raanan Gefen
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Publication number: 20140288541Abstract: Tissue and vessel treatment devices and respective methods are provided. Devices comprise a flexible treatment layer that comprises a plurality of operable elements configured to be activated to apply the treatment to the obstruction upon bending of the flexible treatment layer beyond a specified curvature threshold and to be de-activated upon a specified decrease of the bending. The treatment layer may comprise optical fiber(s) with the operable elements as emission regions that emit electromagnetic radiation from the core upon bending the optical fiber beyond a specified bending threshold. Devices may be configured as vessel sealing tips for surgical forceps, in which the treatment layer is configured to yield vessel welding and vessel cutting effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: ASYMMETRIC MEDICAL LTD.Inventors: Moshe ESHKOL, Ori WEISBERG
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Patent number: 8761561Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure features a system that includes a flexible waveguide having a hollow core extending along a waveguide axis and a region surrounding the core, the region being configured to guide radiation from the CO2 laser along the waveguide axis from an input end to an output end of the waveguide. The system also includes a handpiece attached to the waveguide, wherein the handpiece allows an operator to control the orientation of the output end to direct the radiation to a target location of a patient and the handpiece includes a tip extending past the output end that provides a minimum standoff distance between the output end and the target location.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: OmniGuide, Inc.Inventors: Burak Temelkuran, Charalambos Anastassiou, David Torres, Gil Shapira, Max Shurgalin, Gregor Dellemann, Ori Weisberg, Steven A. Jacobs, Tairan Wang, Uri Kolodny, Jesse Rusk, Robert Payne, Yoel Fink
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Publication number: 20140135902Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including identifying a subject as suffering from hypertension. In response to the identifying (a) a radius of curvature of a first set of at least three regions of an arterial wall of the subject is increased at a given longitudinal location, while (b) allowing the first set of regions of the arterial wall to pulsate. A device is implanted inside the artery at the longitudinal location such that the device applies pressure to the arterial wall at a second set of at least three regions of the artery, but does not contact the first set of regions, the first set of regions and the second set of regions alternating with each other. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Vascular Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Yossi GROSS, Ori WEISBERG, Itzik AVNERI
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Publication number: 20140005646Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure features a system that includes a flexible waveguide having a hollow core extending along a waveguide axis and a region surrounding the core, the region being configured to guide radiation from the CO2 laser along the waveguide axis from an input end to an output end of the waveguide. The system also includes a handpiece attached to the waveguide, wherein the handpiece allows an operator to control the orientation of the output end to direct the radiation to a target location of a patient and the handpiece includes a tip extending past the output end that provides a minimum standoff distance between the output end and the target location.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: OmniGuide, Inc.Inventors: Burak Temelkuran, Charalambos Anastassiou, David Torres, Gil Shapira, Max Shurgalin, Gregor Dellemann, Ori Weisberg, Steven A. Jacobs, Tairan Wang, Uri Kolodny, Jesse Rusk, Robert Payne, Yoel Fink
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Publication number: 20130237976Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure features a system that includes a flexible waveguide having a hollow core extending along a waveguide axis and a region surrounding the core, the region being configured to guide radiation from the CO2 laser along the waveguide axis from an input end to an output end of the waveguide. The system also includes a handpiece attached to the waveguide, wherein the handpiece allows an operator to control the orientation of the output end to direct the radiation to a target location of a patient and the handpiece includes a tip extending past the output end that provides a minimum standoff distance between the output end and the target location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: OmniGuide, Inc.Inventors: Burak Temelkuran, Charalambos Anastassiou, David Torres, Gil Shapira, Max Shurgalin, Gregor Dellemann, Ori Weisberg, Steven A. Jacobs, Tairan Wang, Uri Kolodny, Jesse Rusk, Robert Payne, Yoel Fink
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Publication number: 20130172981Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device having first and second longitudinal ends, the device having a length of less than 80 mm when the device is unconstrained. The device includes struts arranged such that, when the device is unconstrained, along a continuous portion of the device having a length that is at least 5 mm, a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts is more than 1.5 times as great as a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts within longitudinal portions of the device within 3 mm of the longitudinal ends of the device. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: Vascular Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Yossi Gross, Itzik Avneri, Ori Weisberg, Moshe Eshkol, Tal Oren, Yaron Assaf, Tanhum Feld, Moshe Elazar