Patents by Inventor Edwin Joe

Edwin Joe 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).

  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EPITHELIAL PROTECTION DURING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
    Publication number: 20070173913
    Abstract: Methods for preventing damage to epithelial tissue during PDT induced using a photosensitizing agent or pre-photosensitizing agent are provided. The methods of the present invention utilize spatial confinement to control photoactivation of the photoactive species to protect the epithelial tissue. In one embodiment, epithelial tissue surrounding a targeted treatment site can be protecting by decreasing the oxygen-content in the tissue, thereby preventing the conversion of the photosensitizer into the phototoxic species in the epithelial tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Richard Anderson, Bernhard Ortel, Eliot Battle, Edwin Joe