Patents by Inventor Andria Annette Remirez

Andria Annette Remirez 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, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access
    Patent number: 10803662
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access. In some examples, the system includes a bronchoscope, a concentric tube probe deployable from within the bronchoscope, and a steerable needle nested deployable from within the concentric tube probe. The system can include a control system for deploying the concentric tube probe from the bronchoscope into a lung to a location where a target is within a range of the steerable needle and for deploying the steerable needle from the location to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Ron Alterovitz, Richard Harry Feins, Bryan Irby Hartley, Alan David Kuntz, Erik Lamers, Arthur William Mahoney, Andria Annette Remirez, Philip Joseph Swaney, Robert James Webster, III
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR TRANSORAL LUNG ACCESS
    Publication number: 20180214010
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access. In some examples, the system includes a bronchoscope, a concentric tube probe deployable from within the bronchoscope, and a steerable needle nested deployable from within the concentric tube probe. The system can include a control system for deploying the concentric tube probe from the bronchoscope into a lung to a location where a target is within a range of the steerable needle and for deploying the steerable needle from the location to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Ron Alterovitz, Richard Harry Feins, Bryan Irby Hartley, Alan David Kuntz, Erik Lamers, Arthur William Mahoney, Andria Annette Remirez, Philip Joseph Swaney, Robert James Webster, III