Patents by Inventor Charles Lee Powell

Charles Lee Powell 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TREAT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20230270487
    Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Lee Powell
  • System and method to treat obstructive sleep apnea
    Patent number: 11648047
    Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: VIVE SCIENTIFIC, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Lee Powell
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TREAT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20190105098
    Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Lee Powell