Patents by Inventor Hugo Xavier Gonzalez

Hugo Xavier Gonzalez 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).

  • Bronchoscopic repair of air leaks in a lung
    Patent number: 8444690
    Abstract: Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C Springmeyer, William A. Sirokman
  • BRONCHOSCOPIC REPAIR OF AIR LEAKS IN A LUNG
    Publication number: 20110208228
    Abstract: Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SPIRATION, INC.
    Inventors: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C. Springmeyer, William A. Sirokman
  • Bronchoscopic repair of air leaks in a lung
    Patent number: 7887585
    Abstract: Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C. Springmeyer, William A. Sirokman
  • BRONCHOSCOPIC REPAIR OF AIR LEAKS IN A LUNG
    Publication number: 20090182369
    Abstract: Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C. Springmeyer, William A. Sirokman
  • Bronchoscopic repair of air leaks in a lung
    Patent number: 7533671
    Abstract: Methods and systems for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The method can also include the injection of a substance into the airway on a distal side of the occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C Springmeyer, William A. Sirokman