Patents by Inventor Edmond Ming Wai Chiu

Edmond Ming Wai Chiu 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: 20220287763
    Abstract: A control handle of a treatment probe is manipulated to advance and/or deploy one or more treatment structures into tissue. The treatment probe is coupled to a display to show an image field including target tissue for treatment. Virtual treatment and safety boundaries are overlaid over the image field. The boundaries include virtual stop positions for the needle and tines. A joystick or directional pad on the probe handle, operable independently from the user interface to advance and/or deploy the one or more treatment structures, can be manipulated to adjust the size and/or position of these boundaries. Sensors within the probe detect the real-time position of the one or more treatment structures, and the sensed positions are displayed in real-time. The user can observe the display to deploy the one or more treatment structures to the displayed virtual stop positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jiayu CHEN, Hyeonsoo CHANG, Edmond Ming Wai CHIU, Amer HAMMUDI, Harry KWAN, Michael A. MUNROW
  • Patent number: 11219483
    Abstract: A control handle of a treatment probe is manipulated to advance and/or deploy one or more treatment structures into tissue. The treatment probe is coupled to a display to show an image field including target tissue for treatment. Virtual treatment and safety boundaries are overlaid over the image field. The boundaries include virtual stop positions for the needle and tines. A joystick or directional pad on the probe handle, operable independently from the user interface to advance and/or deploy the one or more treatment structures, can be manipulated to adjust the size and/or position of these boundaries. Sensors within the probe detect the real-time position of the one or more treatment structures, and the sensed positions are displayed in real-time. The user can observe the display to deploy the one or more treatment structures to the displayed virtual stop positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Gynesonics Inc.
    Inventors: Jiayu Chen, Hyeonsoo Chang, Edmond Ming Wai Chiu, Amer Hammudi, Harry Kwan, Michael A. Munrow
  • Publication number: 20190350648
    Abstract: An imaging component comprises shaft and a cavity extending across the shaft from its proximal end towards its distal end. The cavity removably receives at least one of a plurality of different instruments. A wall of the cavity comprises an elongated opening in communication with an exterior of the shaft at least partially along the shaft. An imaging transducer is coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The imaging component is advanced to a target site either alone or with a first instrument coupled thereto. A therapeutic or diagnostic procedure is performed with the first instrument. The first instrument is then retracted and removed from the imaging component while the imaging component stays at the target site. A second instrument is then coupled to the imaging component and advanced to the target site to perform a further therapeutic or diagnostic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Michael OWENS, Edmond Ming Wai CHIU, Jiayu CHEN, Thomas Burnell REEVE, III
  • Publication number: 20180132927
    Abstract: A control handle of a treatment probe is manipulated to advance and/or deploy one or more treatment structures into tissue. The treatment probe is coupled to a display to show an image field including target tissue for treatment. Virtual treatment and safety boundaries are overlaid over the image field. The boundaries include virtual stop positions for the needle and tines. A joystick or directional pad on the probe handle, operable independently from the user interface to advance and/or deploy the one or more treatment structures, can be manipulated to adjust the size and/or position of these boundaries. Sensors within the probe detect the real-time position of the one or more treatment structures, and the sensed positions are displayed in real-time. The user can observe the display to deploy the one or more treatment structures to the displayed virtual stop positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jiayu CHEN, Hyeonsoo CHANG, Edmond Ming Wai CHIU, Amer HAMMUDI, Harry KWAN, Michael A. MUNROW
  • Patent number: 8069857
    Abstract: A method of providing phototherapy to a patient. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of placing a patient on a rigid support surface of a phototherapy device, the support surface being adapted to support the patient without substantial deformation; transmitting light from a light source through a first portion of the support surface to the patient; and limiting light transmission from the light source through a second portion of the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Dong-Chune Christopher Chung, Abraham John Totah, Wesley Chung Joe, Edmond Ming Wai Chiu, David John Brude, Bryan Patrick Flaherty, William Loyd Mince
  • Patent number: 8048136
    Abstract: A phototherapy system having a rigid support surface adapted to support a patient without substantial deformation; a light source disposed so as to transmit light through the support surface; and a mask adapted to permit light transmission from the light source through a first portion of the support surface and to limit light transmission from the light source through a second portion of the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Natus Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Dong-Chune Christopher Chung, Abraham John Totah, Wesley Chung Joe, Edmond Ming Wai Chiu, David John Brude, Bryan Patrick Flaherty, William Loyd Mince