Patents by Inventor Clive Heke

Clive Heke 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).

  • Publication number: 20220047315
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for treating a subject are described herein. In some embodiments, an applicator for selectively affecting a subject's subcutaneous tissue is provided. The applicator can include: a housing; a treatment cup mounted in the housing, wherein the treatment cup defines a tissue-receiving cavity and includes a temperature-controlled surface; at least one thermal device coupled to the treatment cup and configured to receive energy via a flexible connector coupled to the applicator and to cool the temperature-controlled surface; an at least one vacuum port coupled to the treatment cup and configured to provide a vacuum to draw the subject's tissue into the tissue-receiving cavity and against at least a portion of a treatment area of the temperature-controlled surface to selectively damage and/or reduce the subject's subcutaneous tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mark William Baker, Joseph Coakley, George Frangineas, JR., Russell Lee Gauthier, Roy Christopher Gomes, Clive Heke, Kurt Arthur Kordes, Mark Allen McCall, William P. Pennybacker, Austin Root, Ralph Edward Saunders, Teri L. Stivers, Peter Yee
  • Publication number: 20210045912
    Abstract: Systems for treating a subject's tissue can include a thermally conductive cup, a sealing member, and/or a liner assembly. The systems can include an applicator capable of being reconfigured for a particular treatment site. Components of the applicator can be replaced to achieve a desired configuration. The replaceable components can include contoured heads, liners, and/or sensors. The applicator can draw a vacuum to install various components and/or draw tissue into the applicator. The applicator can cool and/or heat the tissue to affect targeted tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Austin Root, William Pennybacker, George Frangineas, JR., Clive Heke, Leonard C. DeBenedictis
  • Patent number: 10765552
    Abstract: Systems for treating a subject's tissue can include a thermally conductive cup, a sealing member, and/or a liner assembly. The systems can include an applicator capable of being reconfigured for a particular treatment site. Components of the applicator can be replaced to achieve a desired configuration. The replaceable components can include contoured heads, liners, and/or sensors. The applicator can draw a vacuum to install various components and/or draw tissue into the applicator. The applicator can cool and/or heat the tissue to affect targeted tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Root, William Pennybacker, George Frangineas, Clive Heke, Leonard C. DeBenedictis
  • Publication number: 20170239079
    Abstract: Systems for treating a subject's tissue can include a thermally conductive cup, a sealing member, and/or a liner assembly. The systems can include an applicator capable of being reconfigured for a particular treatment site. Components of the applicator can be replaced to achieve a desired configuration. The replaceable components can include contoured heads, liners, and/or sensors. The applicator can draw a vacuum to install various components and/or draw tissue into the applicator. The applicator can cool and/or heat the tissue to affect targeted tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Austin Root, William Pennybacker, George Frangineas, Clive Heke, Leonard C. DeBenedictis