Patents by Inventor Brian Jet-Fei Wong

Brian Jet-Fei Wong 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).

  • Device and method for the preparation and operation on biological specimen
    Patent number: 11458575
    Abstract: A device for shaping tissue includes a tip with an internal close-looped circulation system. The tip is configured to connect to tubes. One tube is configured to connect to a submersible cold-water pump. Another tube is an outlet. The tip has a sapphire window on one face and, on opposite face, a shaft with a laser fiber therein, and an opening for laser beam to shine through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Guillermo Aguilar, Dmitry Protsenko, Lars Svaasand, Cara Chlebicki
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MODIFY THE CORNEA USING ELECTROCHEMISTRY
    Publication number: 20220183880
    Abstract: A method of altering corneal tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs in the presence of an electrolytic solution in or on the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: BRIAN JET-FEI WONG, MICHAEL G. HILL
  • Device for controlling and limiting thermal injury to tissue during thermal procedures where tissue is simultaneously mechanically deformed
    Patent number: 11357589
    Abstract: The illustrated embodiments include an apparatus to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue which includes a probe or mechanism for deforming tissue, and a subsystem for selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation is of the tissue is being performed. The illustrated embodiments of the invention also extend to a method to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue including the steps of deforming tissue, and selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation of the tissue is being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Brian Jet-Fei Wong
  • Method and device for electrochemical therapy of skin and related soft tissues
    Patent number: 11123128
    Abstract: A method of altering skin tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs while avoiding electro-thermal damage to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Joon S You, Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Wesley Moy
  • Method and apparatus to electrochemically treat adipose tissue in the human body
    Patent number: 11071578
    Abstract: A method of altering adipose tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs in the presence of an electrolytic solution in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Joon S You, Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Wesley Moy, Michael G. Hill
  • Potential driven electrochemical modification of tissue
    Patent number: 10939950
    Abstract: A method of modifying a tissue includes providing an electrochemical reaction in the tissue by the use of an anodic electrode and a cathodic electrode wherein at least one of the anodic and cathodic electrodes is in contact with the tissue; and setting a concentration of electrochemically generated chemical agents that affect the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Michael G. Hill, Dmitry E. Protsenko, Bryan M. Hunter
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CHANGE TO JOINT CAPSULE, TENDON, AND LIGAMENT
    Publication number: 20200086115
    Abstract: A method of treating connective tissue by applying a DC current to the tissue in the absence of intentionally heating the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Dmitry Protsenko, Tony Nguyen, Ranjan Gupta
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AND LIMITING THERMAL INJURY TO TISSUE DURING THERMAL PROCEDURES WHERE TISSUE IS SIMULTANEOUSLY MECHANICALLY DEFORMED
    Publication number: 20190365496
    Abstract: The illustrated embodiments include an apparatus to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue which includes a probe or mechanism for deforming tissue, and a subsystem for selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation is of the tissue is being performed. The illustrated embodiments of the invention also extend to a method to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue including the steps of deforming tissue, and selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation of the tissue is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Brian Jet-Fei Wong
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION AND OPERATION ON BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN
    Publication number: 20190366485
    Abstract: A device for shaping tissue includes a tip with an internal close-looped circulation system. The tip is configured to connect to tubes. One tube is configured to connect to a submersible cold-water pump. Another tube is an outlet. The tip has a sapphire window on one face and, on opposite face, a shaft with a laser fiber therein, and an opening for laser beam to shine through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Guillermo Aguilar, Dmitry Protsenko, Lars Svaasand, Cara Chlebicki
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ELECTROCHEMICALLY TREAT ADIPOSE TISSUE IN THE HUMAN BODY
    Publication number: 20180289413
    Abstract: A method of altering adipose tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs in the presence of an electrolytic solution in the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Joon S. You, Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Wesley Moy, Michael G. Hill
  • POTENTIAL DRIVEN ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF TISSUE
    Publication number: 20180228527
    Abstract: A method of modifying a tissue includes providing an electrochemical reaction in the tissue by the use of an anodic electrode and a cathodic electrode wherein at least one of the anodic and cathodic electrodes is in contact with the tissue; and setting a concentration of electrochemically generated chemical agents that affect the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Michael G. Hill, Dmitry E. Protsenko, Bryan M. Hunter
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL THERAPY OF SKIN AND RELATED SOFT TISSUES
    Publication number: 20180177543
    Abstract: A method of altering skin tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs while avoiding electro-thermal damage to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Joon S. You, Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Wesley Moy
  • Potential driven electrochemical modification of tissue
    Patent number: 9877770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of electrochemistry to control and generate specific user defined chemical reactions in regions that may be defined by electrode placement and geometry. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of shape changing cartilage in a subject through potential-driven electrochemical modification of tissue (PDEMT) or use of a potential-driven electromechanical (EMR) device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Michael G. Hill, Dmitry E. Protsenko, Bryan Hunter
  • POTENTIAL DRIVEN ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF TISSUE
    Publication number: 20150065910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of electrochemistry to control and generate specific user defined chemical reactions in regions that may be defined by electrode placement and geometry. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of shape changing cartilage in a subject through potential-driven electrochemical modification of tissue (PDEMT) or use of a potential-driven electromechanical (EMR) device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Brian Jet-Fei Wong, Michael G. Hill, Dmitry E. Protsenko