Patents by Inventor Howard D. Manten

Howard D. Manten 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).

  • Device and method for examining a body lumen
    Patent number: 8672863
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating transferability of a non-dissolvable target in-vivo device through the GI tract are described. The in vivo system includes a dissolvable in-vivo device which has two operational phases; an initial phase in which the device is of initial dimensions and a final phase in which the device is of final dimensions. In the initial phase the device can pass freely through a normally configured body lumen whereas it may not be able to pass freely through an abnormally configured lumen. In the final phase the device can pass freely through a body lumen even if it is abnormally configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Given Imaging Ltd.
    Inventors: Shlomo Lewkowicz, Daniel Gat, Yehudit Kraizer, Zvika Gilad, David Leuw, Gavriel Meron, Arkady Glukhovsky, Howard D. Manten
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING A BODY LUMEN
    Publication number: 20100121225
    Abstract: A system and method for indicating transferability of a non-dissolvable target in-vivo device through the GI tract are described. The in vivo system includes a dissolvable in-vivo device which has two operational phases; an initial phase in which the device is of initial dimensions and a final phase in which the device is of final dimensions. In the initial phase the device can pass freely through a normally configured body lumen whereas it may not be able to pass freely through an abnormally configured lumen. In the final phase the device can pass freely through a body lumen even if it is abnormally configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Shlomo Lewkowicz, Daniel Gat, Yehudit Kraizer, Zvika Gilad, David Leuw, Gavriel Meron, Arkady Glukhovsky, Howard D. Manten