Patents by Inventor Thomas L. McGilvary

Thomas L. McGilvary 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).

  • Publication number: 20240184418
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Mederi RF, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Publication number: 20230130437
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Mederi RF, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Patent number: 11507247
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MEDERI RF, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Patent number: 10386990
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Mederi RF, LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Publication number: 20170049500
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Mederi Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: OLEG SHIKHMAN, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Patent number: 9474565
    Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a radiofrequency treatment device to apply radiofrequency energy to tissue to heat tissue to create lesions without ablating the tissue. The system includes a first treatment device having at least one electrode for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue, a controller including a connector to which a first treatment device is coupled for use, and a generator for applying radiofrequency energy to the electrodes. The controller controls application of energy so that the tissue is thermally treated to create lesions but preventing thermal treatment beyond a threshold which would ablate the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Mederi Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg Shikhman, William W. Rutan, Danny L. Stemple, Penny R. Smith, Gregory K. Thompson, Thomas L. McGilvary
  • Publication number: 20080074614
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for automatically locating a pupil. Broadly speaking, an optical beam is scanned across the eye. In any given cycle, the reflected light from the eye is detected by a light sensor and data from the sensor processed to locate some geometric feature of the reflected light, such as the centroid. If the distance between the position of the optical beam and the geometric feature is greater than a threshold value, the system determines that the pupil has been located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Alan Leblanc, Thomas L. McGilvary