Patents by Inventor Gary Strathern

Gary Strathern 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).

  • Radiation delivery catheters and dosimetry methods
    Publication number: 20030166990
    Abstract: Disclosed are sources and methods for delivering a radioactive dose to a site in a body lumen. The sources are preferably mounted on a balloon or other expandable or deployable mechanical structure. The source and methods enable delivery of a clinically significant dose of radiation into a vessel wall in a relatively short time while using a relatively low activity. The sources also enable delivery of a substantially uniform dose into the vessel wall, whether or not such delivery is through the wall of a stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Brett Trauthen, Lisa Tam, Robert Fazio, Michael Crocker, Edward F. Smith, Gary Strathern
  • Radiation delivery catheters and dosimetry methods
    Patent number: 6491619
    Abstract: Disclosed are sources and methods for delivering a radioactive dose to a site in a body lumen. The sources are preferably mounted on a balloon or other expandable or deployable mechanical structure. The source and methods enable delivery of a clinically significant dose of radiation into a vessel wall in a relatively short time while using a relatively low activity. The sources also enable delivery of a substantially uniform dose into the vessel wall, whether or not such delivery is through the wall of a stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Endologix, Inc
    Inventors: Brett Trauthen, Lisa Tam, Robert Fazio, Michael Crocker, Edward F. Smith, Gary Strathern