Patents by Inventor Carine Hoarau

Carine Hoarau 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).

  • Non-surgical incontinence treatment system and method
    Publication number: 20040193238
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can treat incontinence by heating between about 100 and about 800 cubic millimeters of endopelvic fascia for sufficient time to effect substantial collagenous tissue shrinkage. A probe body may directly engage the endopelvic fascia, or may be separated from the endopelvic fascia, heating through (for example) the vaginal wall. In either case, tissue-penetrating electrodes may be inserted from the probe body so as to heat the endopelvic fascia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicants: SURx, Inc., a Corporation of Delaware, Solarant Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Oren A. Mosher, Carine Hoarau, Abdul M. Tayeb, George L. Matlock, Daniel D. Merrick, Terry E. Spraker
  • Needle deployment for temperature sensing from an electrode
    Publication number: 20040024433
    Abstract: Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: SURx, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren L. Roy, Timothy G. Dietz, Stanley Levy, F. Allen House, Carine Hoarau, Peter A. Tobisch