Patents by Inventor Andrea Natale

Andrea Natale 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).

  • MULTI-WAVELENGTH PHOTOACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION AND THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING
    Publication number: 20150087955
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method comprising imaging a tissue with multi-wavelength photoacoustic imaging, to provide a visualization, characterization and/or thermographic imaging of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Stanislav Emelianov, Nicholas Dana, Richard Bouchard, Luigi Di Biase, Andrea Natale
  • Ablation device for cardiac tissue, especially for forming a circular lesion around a vessel orifice in the heart
    Patent number: 6764486
    Abstract: An ablation device for cardiac tissue, especially for forming a circular lesion around a vessel orifice in the heart, comprises a steerable catheter that is provided in the region of its distal end with an abutment device for holding the distal end of the catheter on a cardiac vessel orifice; and a linear ablation applicator that is disposed distally or proximally relative to the abutment device of the catheter and can be brought from a straight passive position into a radially expanded, approximately circular-arc-type encircling ablation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Biotronik Mess- und Therapieger{haeck over (a)}te GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbüro Berlin
    Inventor: Andrea Natale
  • Ablation device for cardiac tissue, especially for forming a circular lesion around a vessel orifice in the heart
    Publication number: 20030204183
    Abstract: An ablation device for cardiac tissue, especially for forming a circular lesion around a vessel orifice in the heart, comprises a steerable catheter that is provided in the region of its distal end with an abutment device for holding the distal end of the catheter on a cardiac vessel orifice; and a linear ablation applicator that is disposed distally or proximally relative to the abutment device of the catheter and can be brought from a straight passive position into a radially expanded, approximately circular-arc-type encircling ablation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Andrea Natale