Patents by Inventor HENRY SPOTNITZ

HENRY SPOTNITZ 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).

  • Ultraviolet sleeves for percutaneous devices and methods for using and/or providing the same
    Patent number: 11260210
    Abstract: An exemplary ultraviolet (UV) arrangement, can be provided, which can include, for example, a lumen structured to be inserted into a body of a patient and pass a percutaneous structure therethrough into the body of the patient, wherein the lumen can be configured to disperse or provide a UV radiation, and an optical arrangement coupled to the lumen, and configured to generate the UV radiation, and provide the UV radiation to the lumen to be dispersed or provided by the lumen. The lumen can include a weave of a plurality of strands. The optical arrangement can include an optical fiber(s) coupled to the lumen at one of the strands. The optical arrangement can include a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the lumen, where the optical arrangement can include a plurality of diffusing rings, and wherein each ring can be connected to one of the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Henry Spotnitz, David J. Brenner, Alan Bigelow, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson
  • ULTRAVIOLET SLEEVES FOR PERCUTANEOUS DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USING AND/OR PROVIDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180289940
    Abstract: An exemplary ultraviolet (UV) arrangement, can be provided, which can include, for example, a lumen structured to be inserted into a body of a patient and pass a percutaneous structure therethrough into the body of the patient, wherein the lumen can be configured to disperse or provide a UV radiation, and an optical arrangement coupled to the lumen, and configured to generate the UV radiation, and provide the UV radiation to the lumen to be dispersed or provided by the lumen. The lumen can include a weave of a plurality of strands. The optical arrangement can include an optical fiber(s) coupled to the lumen at one of the strands. The optical arrangement can include a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the lumen, where the optical arrangement can include a plurality of diffusing rings, and wherein each ring can be connected to one of the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: HENRY SPOTNITZ, DAVID J. BRENNER, ALAN BIGELOW, GERHARD RANDERS-PEHRSON