Patents by Inventor Beatrice Wan

Beatrice Wan 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).

  • Ureteral stents
    Patent number: 10226606
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy
  • URETERAL STENTS
    Publication number: 20170173312
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy
  • MATERIALS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FEMALE URETHRA
    Publication number: 20160325075
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include materials, devices, systems, and methods for identifying female urethra and facilitating catheterization. For instance, materials, devices, systems, and methods described herein may facilitate marking of female urethra, which may lead to increase in insertion accuracy and may reduce time for completing the catheterization procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Henri Madigan, David Matthew Goldman, Emily Lewis, Richard Reineke, Shannon Russell, Fung Bor Chen, Beatrice Wan, Gregory Mann, Joshua Daniel Ziadie