Patents by Inventor Andrew K. W. Wood

Andrew K. W. Wood 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).

  • USE OF ULTRASOUND AS AN ANTIVASCULAR AGENT
    Publication number: 20100041989
    Abstract: A method for detecting and disrupting fragile blood vessels formed as a result of tumor angiogenesis by manipulating an extent of tissue vascularity in vivo, the method includes targeting a region in need of manipulating the extent of vascularity of the tissue by a diagnostic imaging; visualizing said fragile blood vessels in the tissue; obtaining a characteristic of the tissue; and contacting the tissue with a therapeutic ultrasound producing an unfocused or mildly focused ultrasound beam having an intensity below 2.6 W/cm2, wherein the therapeutic ultrasound is emitted from an ultrasound unit in accordance with the characteristic of the tissue and thereby reducing the extent of vascularity of the tissue and disrupting said fragile blood vessels formed to support the tumor in the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Chandra Sehgal, Andrew K. W. Wood