Patents by Inventor Bohua Zhang

Bohua Zhang 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: 20250017608
    Abstract: A method for disrupting a blood clot with ultrasound and at least one cavitation enhancing agent includes administering at least one cavitation enhancing agent into a blood vessel of a subject. The method further includes monitoring the at least one cavitation enhancing agent to determine when at least a portion of the at least one cavitation enhancing agent has reached a blood clot. The method further includes controlling application of ultrasound energy to the at least one cavitation enhancing agent within the blood vessel of the subject such that, during a first time period, cavitation-enhancing ultrasound energy is not applied to the at least one cavitation enhancing agent within the blood vessel and, during a second time period after the first time period, cavitation enhancing ultrasound energy is applied to the at least one cavitation enhancing agent within the blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Dayton, Jinwook KIM, Xiaoning Jiang, Bohua Zhang, Huaiyu Wu, Zhen Xu
  • Publication number: 20240374240
    Abstract: Ultrasound systems and methods of use are provided for rapidly heating a target area of a subject. The ultrasound system can include at least one imaging transducer array for imaging the target area, and at least two spaced-apart heating transducer arrays for heating the target area. The heating transducer arrays can be separated by the imaging transducer array on an ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, North Carolina State University, Blatek Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Kang, Qiyang Chen, Zhiyu Sheng, Bohua Zhang, Howuk Kim, Huaiyu Wu, Xiaoning Jiang, Mengyue Chen, Xuecang Geng
  • Patent number: 11883679
    Abstract: The disclosure provides systems for ultrasound-induced thrombolysis with magnetic microbubbles under a rotational/alternating magnetic field, sonothrombolysis systems with magnetic microbubbles and optional nanodroplets for inducing thrombolysis under an acoustic field, and a rotational/alternating magnetic field, and methods of treating patients with blood clots using the sonothrombolysis systems of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Xiaoning Jiang, Bohua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210106841
    Abstract: The disclosure provides systems for ultrasound-induced thrombolysis with magnetic microbubbles under a rotational/alternating magnetic field, sonothrombolysis systems with magnetic microbubbles and optional nanodroplets for inducing thrombolysis under an acoustic field, and a rotational/alternating magnetic field, and methods of treating patients with blood clots using the sonothrombolysis systems of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoning Jiang, Bohua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160017937
    Abstract: A rocker one-way clutch includes a stator housing, an inner race, and a strut. The stator housing has a strut pocket and a plurality of stator blades. The inner race has a first angled contact face. The strut is disposed in the strut pocket and has a second angled contact face arranged to contact the first angled contact face. In an example embodiment, an angle between a line passing from the contact face to a rocker pivot center and a line parallel to the contact face is acute. In an example embodiment, the acute angle is approximately 10 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Trevor McConnell, Gregory Blough, Markus Steinberger, Jacob Rufener, Bohua Zhang