Patents by Inventor Walter J. Koroshetz

Walter J. Koroshetz 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 apparatus for thermally affecting tissue
    Patent number: 6849072
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally affecting tissue via either a closed or open device. In each of the closed device embodiments, thermally transmissive fluid is circulated and distributed through into a device, an outer surface of which is in direct thermal contact with a region of tissue to thermally affect the tissue. In each of the open device embodiments, thermally transmissive fluid is circulated through a device and systematically deployed directly onto a region of tissue to irrigate, and, therefore, thermally affect the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Albert S. Lee, Walter J. Koroshetz
  • Methods and apparatus for thermally affecting tissue
    Publication number: 20020077682
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally affecting tissue via either a closed or open device. In each of the closed device embodiments, thermally transmissive fluid is circulated and distributed through into a device, an outer surface of which is in direct thermal contact with a region of tissue to thermally affect the tissue. In each of the open device embodiments, thermally transmissive fluid is circulated through a device and systematically deployed directly onto a region of tissue to irrigate, and, therefore, thermally affect the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Albert S. Lee, Walter J. Koroshetz