Patents by Inventor Charlton YIH

Charlton YIH 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).

  • SOFT PALATE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20240122641
    Abstract: A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew FRAZIER, Scott J. WOLF, Fred DINGER, Charlton YIH
  • Soft palate treatment
    Patent number: 11806071
    Abstract: A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aerin Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Frazier, Scott J. Wolf, Fred Dinger, Charlton Yih
  • SOFT PALATE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20220151689
    Abstract: A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Charlton YIH, Yen Hai TIEU, Andrew FRAZIER, Scott J. WOLF, Fred DINGER
  • SOFT PALATE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20200268439
    Abstract: A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew FRAZIER, Scott J. WOLF, Fred DINGER, Charlton YIH