Patents by Inventor Axel T. Esser

Axel T. Esser 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 TO TREAT UNWANTED TISSUE WITH ELECTRIC PULSES
    Publication number: 20090198231
    Abstract: Provided are methods for selecting parameters of an electrical pulse for electroporation to induce apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for treating a disease by inducing apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient. Further provided are computer-readable media having instructions for selecting parameters of an electrical pulse for electroporation to induce apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Axel T. Esser, Thiruvallur R. Gowrishankar, Kyle C. Smith, Stephen K. Burns, James C. Weaver
  • Cable joint
    Patent number: 5606148
    Abstract: An electric cable joint is enclosed within a heat shrinkable sleeve. The joint region is sealed against the ingress of moisture by a material made of a non-crystalline polymer whose glass transition temperature is less than -40.degree. C. Further, the material has a viscosity at 35.degree. C. of less than 10.sup.6 Pa-sec and a viscosity at 95.degree. C. of greater than 10.sup.3 Pa-sec (both viscosities measured at a shear rate of 0.02 sec.sup.-1) and a minimum tack value of about 140 gm/cm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Raychem GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas A. Escherich, Axel T. Esser, Bryan D. Neaves