Patents by Inventor Gun-Ho Kim

Gun-Ho Kim 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: 20250256079
    Abstract: Proposed are a method of providing a frozen composition and a device therefor and, more specifically, to a method of spraying a composition in a frozen state to a target region and a device therefor. A composition in a liquid state may be sprayed together with a refrigerant, and the composition may be frozen into a solid state by the refrigerant having a relatively low temperature and may reach the target region. The composition in a solid state may have the effect of improving skin penetration compared to the composition in a liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Gun-Ho KIM, Kyongkwan RO, Daehyun KIM
  • Patent number: 12372284
    Abstract: Proposed is a laser treatment device having a cooling system, the device including a laser module which irradiates a patient's skin with a laser, a sensing unit which detects a temperature of a surface of the patient's skin before, during, or after the skin is heated by the laser, a cooling module which includes an inlet which receives a refrigerant from a refrigerant storage unit, a nozzle which sprays the refrigerant on the skin, a conduit which connects the inlet with the nozzle, an flow rate control unit which controls a spray amount of the refrigerant by using a valve which is positioned on the conduit and connects or disconnects the inlet with or from the nozzle, and a refrigerant condition control unit which applies a thermal energy to the refrigerant by using a thermoelectric element located between the flow rate control unit and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: RecensMedical, Inc., Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12364531
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating skin disorders or relieving dermatological symptoms using precision cooling technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: RecensMedical, Inc.;, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Gun-Ho Kim, Weonju Lee
  • Publication number: 20250213387
    Abstract: Proposed is an inclined applicator tip adapted to be operably coupled to a handheld cooling device. The inclined applicator tip may include an opened portion, at least a portion of an edge of the opened portion comprising a c-shape opening. The inclined applicator tip may also include an elongated body portion coupled to the opened portion, the longest dimension of the elongated body portion forming an angle of inclination angle of inclination (?) with respect to the plane which is parallel to the c-shape opening, the elongated body portion being substantially parallel to the cooling axis of the handheld cooling device when operably coupled. The inclined applicator tip may further include a mounting portion adapted to be operably coupled to the cooling device, the mounting portion and the opened portion being coupled to the elongated body portion at opposite ends of the longest dimension of the elongated body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventor: Gun-Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20250186250
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes are proposed. The device may include a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium, the container including a plurality of divided members each having a contact surface which is thermally coupled with the cooling medium. The device may also include a cooling generator configured to provide cooling energy to the container, and disposed on another surface of the divided member other than the contact surface. The device may further include a lubricating member provided to the contact surface of the divided member, wherein the container is configured to be thermally coupled with the cooling medium via the lubricating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20250082890
    Abstract: Proposed is a local cooling anesthesia device for spraying a coolant on a treatment site. The local cooling anesthesia device includes a housing which forms an outward form and from which the coolant is sprayed and a spraying unit installed in the housing to spray the coolant. The device also includes a cooling temperature regulator connected to the spraying unit to apply thermal energy to the sprayed coolant for temperature regulation and a control unit connected to the cooling temperature regulator to control the cooling temperature regulator. The cooling anesthesia device has functions of measuring and regulating the temperature of the coolant, and thus can apply the coolant to the treatment site within a safe temperature range according to the purpose of treatment, thereby enabling a desired treatment purpose such as local anesthesia to be safely and rapidly accomplished without side effects such as cytoclasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventor: Gun Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 12239571
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes are proposed. The device may include a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium, the container including a plurality of divided members each having a contact surface which is thermally coupled with the cooling medium. The device may also include a cooling generator configured to provide cooling energy to the container, and disposed on another surface of the divided member other than the contact surface. The device may further include a lubricating member provided to the contact surface of the divided member, wherein the container is configured to be thermally coupled with the cooling medium via the lubricating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: RECENSMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12178965
    Abstract: Disclosed is a local cooling anesthesia device for spraying a coolant on a treatment site. The local cooling anesthesia device includes a housing which forms an outward form and from which the coolant is sprayed and a spraying unit installed in the housing to spray the coolant. The device also includes a cooling temperature regulator connected to the spraying unit to apply thermal energy to the sprayed coolant for temperature regulation and a control unit connected to the cooling temperature regulator to control the cooling temperature regulator. The cooling anesthesia device has functions of measuring and regulating the temperature of the coolant, and thus can apply the coolant to the treatment site within a safe temperature range according to the purpose of treatment, thereby enabling a desired treatment purpose such as local anesthesia to be safely and rapidly accomplished without side effects such as cytostasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: RECENSMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Gun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12138200
    Abstract: This application relates to a cooling device that sprays a coolant received from a coolant reservoir toward a target region to cool the target region. In one aspect, the cooling device includes a spraying unit from which the coolant is sprayed, a valve configured to regulate a flow of the coolant, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the valve, wherein, when cooling starts. The control unit controls a first cooling mode in which a temperature of the target region is decreased and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target region is maintained in a predetermined temperature range to be sequentially performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: RecensMedical, Inc.
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240366280
    Abstract: Proposed is a filter module including a filter that filters impurities out in the coolant emitted from a cartridge which includes a housing and a cap. The filter module may include not only a filter accommodation member including a support surface and a perforating member protruding from the support surface but also a first sealing member with a first external diameter including a through-hole fitted into the perforating member. The first sealing member may be transformed into a shape with a second external diameter—the second external diameter is smaller than the first external diameter—corresponding to the width of an inlet of the housing in which the first sealing member accommodates a cap when the cap is perforated by the perforating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Gun-Ho KIM, Boo Seong PARK, Chulho LEE
  • Publication number: 20240325193
    Abstract: Proposed is a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen container configured to contain a first cryogen having a first temperature and a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region, the first modified cryogen having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The device can also include a cryogen temperature regulator configured to receive the first cryogen and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the cryogen temperature regulator disposed closer to the nozzle than the cryogen container. The cryogen temperature regulator can include a holder tube, a porous structure disposed inside a holder tube and a heater disposed around the holder tube and heating the holder tube so as to increase the first temperature to the second temperature while the first cryogen passes through the porous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Gun-Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 12102371
    Abstract: Proposed is a filter module including a filter that filters impurities out in the coolant emitted from a cartridge which includes a housing and a cap. The filter module may include not only a filter accommodation member including a support surface and a perforating member protruding from the support surface but also a first sealing member with a first external diameter including a through-hole fitted into the perforating member. The first sealing member may be transformed into a shape with a second external diameter—the second external diameter is smaller than the first external diameter—corresponding to the width of an inlet of the housing in which the first sealing member accommodates a cap when the cap is perforated by the perforating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: RecensMedical, Inc., UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Gun-Ho Kim, Boo Seong Park, Chulho Lee
  • Patent number: 12076269
    Abstract: This application relates to a hand-held cooling device for supplying a cryogen to a target region for cryotherapy. The device can include a cryogen container configured to contain a first cryogen having a first temperature and a nozzle configured to spray a first modified cryogen to the target region, the first modified cryogen having a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The device can also include a cryogen temperature regulator configured to receive the first cryogen and output the first modified cryogen to the nozzle, the cryogen temperature regulator disposed closer to the nozzle than the cryogen container. The cryogen temperature regulator can include a holder tube, a porous structure disposed inside a holder tube and a heater disposed around the holder tube and heating the holder tube so as to increase the first temperature to the second temperature while the first cryogen passes through the porous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: RecensMedical, Inc.
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12076542
    Abstract: A handheld cryoanesthesia or analgesia device for cooling a target area on cutaneous membranes, mucous membranes, and tissue of the mucocutaneous zone having an elongated body and a thermoelectric cooling system disposed within the elongated body. The thermoelectric cooling system is configured to physically contact and thermally couple the target area of the cutaneous membranes, mucous membranes, and tissue of the mucocutaneous zone to induce cryoanesthesia or analgesia. The thermoelectric cooling system includes a thermally-conductive cold tip, a thermally-conductive cooling power concentrator thermally coupled to the cold tip, at least one Peltier unit module thermally coupled to the cooling power concentrator, a heatsink thermally coupled to at least one Peltier unit module, a power source, at least one thermal sensor, and a controller operably outputting a control signal to the Peltier unit module to maintain a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Cagri Giray Besirli, Stephen Smith, Kevin P. Pipe, Gun-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240285429
    Abstract: A medical cooling device is proposed. The cooling device may include a cooling medium configured to cool a target region through thermal contact with the target region, and a cooling generator configured to supply cooling energy to the cooling medium. The cooling device may also include a cooling medium accommodating unit that has one surface to which the cooling generator is attached and that is configured to thermally connect the cooling medium to the cooling generator. A center-of-cooling-power region may be disposed in a region where the cooling medium. The cooling medium accommodating unit may overlap and have a center of cooling power which is a center with respect to thermal conductivity of the center-of-cooling-power region. A distance from a front end of the cooling medium to the center of cooling power may be less than or equal to 30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240261135
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus and a cooling method are proposed. The cooling device may spray a coolant received from a coolant reservoir toward a target region to cool the target region. The cooling device may include a spraying unit from which the coolant is sprayed, a valve configured to regulate a flow of the coolant, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the valve. When cooling starts. the control unit may control a first cooling mode in which a temperature of the target region is decreased and a second cooling mode in which the temperature of the target region is maintained in a predetermined temperature range to be sequentially performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Gun-Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 12023273
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a medical cooling device including a cooling medium configured to cool a target region through thermal contact with the target region, a cooling generator configured to supply cooling energy to the cooling medium, and a cooling medium accommodating unit that has one surface to which the cooling generator is attached and that is configured to thermally connect the cooling medium to the cooling generator, wherein a center-of-cooling-power region is disposed in a region where the cooling medium and the cooling medium accommodating unit overlap and has a center of cooling power which is a center with respect to thermal conductivity of the center-of-cooling-power region, and a distance from a front end of the cooling medium to the center of cooling power is less than or equal to 30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: RecensMedical, Inc.
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240108391
    Abstract: Present disclosure provides a cooling device with safety features and methods for controlling temperature of the cooling device for safe cooling of target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gun-Ho KIM, Jae Bum CHO, Dae Hyun KIM, Chul Ho LEE
  • Patent number: D1058825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: RECENSMEDICAL, INC., UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Gun Ho Kim, Dae Hyun Kim, Ho Young Joo, Eun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: D1073964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: RECENSMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Gun-Ho Kim