Patents by Inventor Viviane Connor

Viviane Connor 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).

  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING LUMEN OCCLUSION
    Publication number: 20140046182
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Viviane Connor, Betsy Swann, Edward Sinclair
  • Methods for determining lumen occlusion
    Patent number: 8551001
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Conceptus, Inc.
    Inventors: Viviane Connor, Edward Sinclair, Betsy Swann
  • Methods and Devices For Determining Lumen Occlusion
    Publication number: 20120190980
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Viviane Connor, Edward Sinclair, Betsy Swann
  • Methods and devices for determining lumen occlusion
    Patent number: 8123693
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Conceptus, Inc.
    Inventors: Viviane Connor, Edward Sinclair, Betsy Swann
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING LUMEN OCCLUSION
    Publication number: 20110137150
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Viviane Connor, Edward Sinclair, Betsy Swann