Patents by Inventor Christopher John Vecchio

Christopher John Vecchio 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).

  • Apparatus and method for locating therapeutic seeds implanted in a human body
    Patent number: 6447438
    Abstract: Determining the locations of therapeutic seeds implanted in a body part by distinguishing the therapeutic seeds from the body part by imposing physical changes on the therapeutic seeds and sensing these physical changes in the therapeutic seeds. In one form of the invention, the therapeutic seeds are partially ferromagnetic and are caused to vibrate by a magnetic field and the vibrating therapeutic seeds are identified by reflections of ultrasonic signals transmitted to the therapeutic seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Spectrasonics Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Bruce Bernardi, Christopher John Vecchio