Patents by Inventor Allen G. Meek

Allen G. Meek 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).

  • Heavy ion therapy with microbeams
    Patent number: 8269198
    Abstract: A method for delivering therapeutic heavy ion radiation to a subject, wherein a therapeutic dose of heavy ions is delivered substantially only to a target volume within the subject by generating a broad field of radiation effect substantially only within the target volume, and wherein the broad field of radiation effect is not generated in non-targeted tissue. The method includes the step of irradiating the target volume with at least two arrays of heavy ion microbeams, wherein the at least two arrays each have at least two parallel, spatially distinct heavy ion microbeams. The two arrays of microbeams are interleaved substantially only within the target volume to form a substantially continuous broad beam of radiation substantially only within the target volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: F. Avraham Dilmanian, Allen G. Meek
  • Heavy Ion Therapy with Microbeams
    Publication number: 20100187446
    Abstract: A method for delivering therapeutic heavy ion radiation to a subject, wherein a therapeutic dose of heavy ions is delivered substantially only to a target volume within the subject by generating a broad field of radiation effect substantially only within the target volume, and wherein the broad field of radiation effect is not generated in non-targeted tissue. The method includes the step of irradiating the target volume with at least two arrays of heavy ion microbeams, wherein the at least two arrays each have at least two parallel, spatially distinct heavy ion microbeams. The two arrays of microbeams are interleaved substantially only within the target volume to form a substantially continuous broad beam of radiation substantially only within the target volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: F. Avraham Dilmanian, Allen G. Meek
  • Preparation and use of whole saliva
    Patent number: 5510122
    Abstract: The preparation of a saliva composition substantially viable for therapeutic use in saliva-deficient individuals involves exogenously treating saliva to inactivate microorganisms by contacting with chlorhexidine or ionizing radiation. Pharmaceutically active agents may be added to the saliva composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Leo M. Sreebny, Steven S. Schwartz, Allen G. Meek