Patents by Inventor Dianne Sacco

Dianne Sacco 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).

  • Non-lithotripsic kidney-stone therapy
    Publication number: 20060269512
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using peristalsis to force a polymer plug through a mammalian lumen, thereby removing any calculi and/or calculi fragments present in the lumen. In one embodiment, the method is used as an alternative to conventional lithotripsy. In another embodiment, the method is used in conjunction with lithotripsy, thereby removing the small calculi fragments that result from such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Pluromed, Inc.
    Inventors: W. McDougal, Dianne Sacco, Alexander Schwarz, Jean-Marie Vogel