Patents by Inventor Ignio Longo

Ignio Longo 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: 20060015161
    Abstract: Application device (1), for example, a metal needle or a plastic catheter that has in the end portion (2) of the free end a gradually increasing thickness to form substantially a chute guide (3) which ends at a side opening (4) made on the application device (1). This way, an interstitial antenna (10) is obtained formed by a co-axial tube having an external conductor (7), by a dielectric layer (9) and by a central conductor (8) embedded in the dielectric layer (9) that insulates it from the external conductor (7). The antenna (10) can be put in a target tissue, along an actuation direction forming an angle a with the introduction direction. This way, the antenna (10) achieves an actual surface isothermal, i.e. a mass of tissue actually coagulated within a curved surface (13), since the tip of the application device (1) is connected electrically with the external conductor (7) and increases its area of action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ignio Longo, Nevio Tosoratti