Patents by Inventor Earl A. Bright

Earl A. Bright 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).

  • Method and System for Accessing, Diagnosing and Treating Target Tissue Regions Within the Middle Ear and the Eustachian Tube
    Publication number: 20090163890
    Abstract: Method and systems for accessing a Eustachian tube of a patient are disclosed. The system includes a guide configured for passing into a nasal passage of the patient to position a distal tip of the catheter at or near a Eustachian tube, the guide having distal tip with a bend having an angle between 30 and 90 degrees; and a guidewire configured to pass through the guide into the Eustachian tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Clifford, Joshua Makower, John Y. Chang, John H. Morriss, Earl A. Bright, II, Eric Goldfarb, Julia D. Vrany
  • Embolic protection recovery catheter assembly
    Publication number: 20070088382
    Abstract: An embolic protection recovery catheter assembly configured for retrieval of medical devices from vasculature. The catheter includes a distal end portion adapted for effectively retrieving devices. In one aspect, the distal end portion is collapsible and in another aspect it is expandable. In other aspects, the catheter includes sub-structure supporting the distal tip or a tear-away tip configured to aid in the recovery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Nianjiong Bei, Earl Bright, Andy Denison, Gregory Fung, William Harrison, Daniel Heilbrunn, Danielle Laflash, Jeffrey Lew, Joanna Lubas, Paul Muller, Alexander Nikanorov, John Papp