Patents by Inventor Victor M. Solano Umaña

Victor M. Solano Umaña 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).

  • Endometrial lining tissue treatment device
    Patent number: 10117710
    Abstract: An endometrial tissue treatment device includes an elongate positioning member and an energy applicator coupled to a distal end of the positioning member, the energy applicator including a tissue contacting member and an expandable-collapsible support structure underlying the tissue contacting member, the expandable-collapsible support structure comprising a substantially non-compliant elongate balloon disposed within the tissue contacting member that, when inflated, has a length oriented substantially transverse to the positioning member, including a first closed end that positions a corresponding first corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a first cornu of a uterine cavity, and a second closed end that positions a corresponding second corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a second cornu of a uterine cavity, with a lengthwise portion of the balloon positioning a distal facing portion of the tissue contacting member for contacting a fundal wall of a uterus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lucas Churchill, Catherine Withers, Matthew LaPlaca, Victor M. Solano Umaña
  • ENDOMETRIAL LINING TISSUE TREATMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160095648
    Abstract: An endometrial tissue treatment device includes an elongate positioning member and an energy applicator coupled to a distal end of the positioning member, the energy applicator including a tissue contacting member and an expandable-collapsible support structure underlying the tissue contacting member, the expandable-collapsible support structure comprising a substantially non-compliant elongate balloon disposed within the tissue contacting member that, when inflated, has a length oriented substantially transverse to the positioning member, including a first closed end that positions a corresponding first corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a first cornu of a uterine cavity, and a second closed end that positions a corresponding second corner portion of the tissue contacting member in a second cornu of a uterine cavity, with a lengthwise portion of the balloon positioning a distal facing portion of the tissue contacting member for contacting a fundal wall of a uterus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: William Lucas Churchill, Catherine Withers, Matthew LaPlaca, Victor M. Solano Umaña