Patents by Inventor Giordana M. Belenchia

Giordana M. Belenchia 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING COPD AND EMPHYSEMA
    Publication number: 20210386477
    Abstract: A system and method enabling the receipt of image data of a patient, identification of one or more locations within the image data depicting symptoms of COPD, analyzing airways and vasculature proximate the identified locations; planning a pathway to the one or more locations, navigating an extended working channel to one of the locations, positioning a microwave ablation catheter proximate the location, and energizing the microwave ablation catheter to treat the locations depicting symptoms of COPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph D. Brannan, Kathy E. Rooks, Giordana M. Belenchia, Kurt R. Smith
  • System and method for treating COPD and emphysema
    Patent number: 11103307
    Abstract: A system and method enabling the receipt of image data of a patient, identification of one or more locations within the image data depicting symptoms of COPD, analyzing airways and vasculature proximate the identified locations; planning a pathway to the one or more locations, navigating an extended working channel to one of the locations, positioning a microwave ablation catheter proximate the location, and energizing the microwave ablation catheter to treat the locations depicting symptoms of COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joseph D. Brannan, Kathy E. Rooks, Giordana M. Belenchia, Kurt R. Smith