Patents by Inventor Claudia NIKE NOWAK

Claudia NIKE NOWAK 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).

  • ABLATION DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE ABLATION APPLICATOR SIZE, ABLATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ABLATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220008125
    Abstract: An ablation device including an ablation applicator having a first applicator end portion, a second applicator end portion, and an elongate portion, a first catheter having a first distal end portion and a first proximate end portion, the first distal end portion being coupled to the first applicator end portion, and a second catheter having a second distal end portion and a second proximate end portion, the second distal end portion being coupled to the second applicator end portion to supply an ablation medium to the ablation applicator, the ablation applicator forms an applicator shape having an applicator size in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first catheter, and the coupling between the first distal end portion and the first applicator end portion transfers a rotational force applied to the first proximate end portion to the ablation applicator and thereby cause the applicator size to change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald FISCHER, Claudia NIKE NOWAK, William DENNY