Patents by Inventor Owen Moffitt

Owen Moffitt 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).

  • HEAT EXCHANGE AND TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20220125629
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for preventing injury to an esophagus caused by heat or cold being delivered to the left atrium, the method including altering a heat exchange device from an insertable configuration to a heat exchanging configuration which has an inflated generally flattened cross section (e.g. capsule-shaped, elliptical) corresponding with the cross section of the inside of the esophagus such that the esophagus is maintained in its natural shape and location. In some embodiments the heat exchange device has a heat exchanger which is inflated to be in the heat exchanging configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Amanda Hartley, Andrew Herbert-Copley, Dmitry Gerber, Hamed Avari, Ros Brannick, Trevor James Dell, Daniel Wing Fai Mok, Kishan Shah, Noah NuoXu Yang, Bianca Chiapetta, Gareth Davies, Luke Keaveney, Martin Carrington, Susan Brazda, Stephen Gennara, Ramunas Wierzbicki, Yasir Al-Saffar, Amanda Centazzo-Colella, Owen Moffitt
  • Endocavity temperature control device
    Patent number: 10231865
    Abstract: An apparatus for temperature controlling an endocavity such as the rectum during thermal therapy of nearby tissues is disclosed. In some aspects the apparatus is mechanically configured to best conform to the patient. In other aspects the apparatus is designed to eliminate gas bubbles from forming or accumulating in certain volumes that would interfere with the thermal therapy. In other aspects the apparatus is optimized for use in cooling the rectum during ultrasound thermal therapy of the prostate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Profound Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Moffitt, Michael Wybenga
  • Endocavity Temperature Control Device
    Publication number: 20160193076
    Abstract: An apparatus for temperature controlling an endocavity such as the rectum during thermal therapy of nearby tissues is disclosed. In some aspects the apparatus is mechanically configured to best conform to the patient. In other aspects the apparatus is designed to eliminate gas bubbles from forming or accumulating in certain volumes that would interfere with the thermal therapy. In other aspects the apparatus is optimized for use in cooling the rectum during ultrasound thermal therapy of the prostate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Owen Moffitt, Michael Wybenga