Patents by Inventor Blake Eugene Hannaford

Blake Eugene Hannaford 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).

  • Patent number: 10092355
    Abstract: A surgical probe is configured to be inserted into a body cavity and to emit beams of light to ablate tissue within the body cavity. The probe further includes sensors to detect properties of tissue in the body cavity and a source of suction to remove material produced by ablation of tissue within the body cavity. The sensors could be configured to operate in combination with beams of light emitted by the surgical probe to detect the location, geometry, fluorophore content, or other information about tissue in the body cavity. The surgical probe can additionally include suction port(s) to secure portions of tissue relative to the surgical probe to allow ablation of portions of the secured tissue and to allow detection of properties of portions of the secured tissue that are maintained in contact with the surgical probe by the suction port(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Blake Eugene Hannaford, Eden Rephaeli, Jöelle Karine Barral, Christine Denise Ching