Patents by Inventor Ann Lee Cross

Ann Lee Cross 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).

  • Publication number: 20210393309
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to improved medical devices, systems, and methods. In many embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for locating and treating a target nerve with integrated cold therapy and electrical stimulation systems are provided. For example, nerve stimulation and cryoneurolysis may be delivered concurrently or alternately with the cryo-stimulation device. In some embodiments, the device may be operated by a single operator or clinician. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure may improve nerve targeting during cryoneurolysis procedures. Improvements in nerve localization and targeting may increase treatment accuracy, physician confidence in needle placement during treatment, and clinical efficacy and safety. In turn, such improvements may decrease overall treatment times, the number of repeat treatments, and the re-treatment rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Pacira CryoTech, Inc. (025917)
    Inventors: Ann Lee Cross, Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden, Jessica Preciado Dummett, Eric Theodore Johansson, Paul Tanaka-Roche
  • Patent number: 11134998
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to improved medical devices, systems, and methods. In many embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for locating and treating a target nerve with integrated cold therapy and electrical stimulation systems are provided. For example, nerve stimulation and cryoneurolysis may be delivered concurrently or alternately with the cryo-stimulation device. In some embodiments, the device may be operated by a single operator or clinician. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure may improve nerve targeting during cryoneurolysis procedures. Improvements in nerve localization and targeting may increase treatment accuracy, physician confidence in needle placement during treatment, and clinical efficacy and safety. In turn, such improvements may decrease overall treatment times, the number of repeat treatments, and the re-treatment rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Pacira CryoTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann Lee Cross, Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden, Jessica Preciado Dummett, Eric Theodore Johansson, Paul Tanaka-Roche
  • Publication number: 20190142494
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to improved medical devices, systems, and methods. In many embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for locating and treating a target nerve with integrated cold therapy and electrical stimulation systems are provided. For example, nerve stimulation and cryoneurolysis may be delivered concurrently or alternately with the cryo-stimulation device. In some embodiments, the device may be operated by a single operator or clinician. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure may improve nerve targeting during cryoneurolysis procedures. Improvements in nerve localization and targeting may increase treatment accuracy, physician confidence in needle placement during treatment, and clinical efficacy and safety. In turn, such improvements may decrease overall treatment times, the number of repeat treatments, and the re-treatment rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ann Lee Cross, Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden, Jessica Preciado Dummett, Eric Theodore Johansson, Paul Tanaka-Roche