Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Wenger

Thomas L. Wenger 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).

  • Implantable Device for Therapeutic Treatment Within a Body Lumen
    Publication number: 20090118816
    Abstract: A treatment system to provide energy therapy to a patient includes an implantable device and an activation system having a plurality of energy emitters that transmit energy towards the device. In one embodiment, the implantable device is a stent carrying a treatment agent. The treatment agent can be selectively activated by the activation system before, during, or after implantation in a subject's body. The activated treatment agent can react with adjacent tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Nicholas Kipshidze, Gary Lichttenegger, Alexander J. Pallenberg, Nick Yeo, Thomas L. Wenger