Patents by Inventor Joshua Makower

Joshua Makower 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).

  • Patent number: 11957318
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, including methods and apparatus for dilating ostia, passageways and other anatomical structures, endoscopic methods and apparatus for endoscopic visualization of structures within the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, navigation devices for use in conjunction with image guidance or navigation system and hand held devices having pistol type grips and other handpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, John Y. Chang, Ketan P. Muni, John H. Morriss, Hung V. Ha, Isaac J. Kim, Julia D. Vrany
  • Patent number: 11951238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Chang, Joshua Makower, Brian Mason, Fred Co, Mathew Calmer, Arash Sabet
  • Publication number: 20240075197
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving disrupting, stretching, re-orienting or tearing septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an expandable member is placed between tissue layers to stretch or tear septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright, II, John Hanley
  • Patent number: 11911555
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving disrupting, stretching, re-orienting or tearing septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an expandable member is placed between tissue layers to stretch or tear septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Revelle Aesthetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright, II, John Hanley, Pablo Acosta, Theodore Ketai, William Sauway Law, Bryan Hartley
  • Patent number: 11883185
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing milk volume changes within a breast are described. Also described are systems and methods for assessing volume changes in the stomach of an infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, John Y. Chang, Theodore M. Bender, Brendan M. Donohoe
  • Publication number: 20240024117
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Anton G. Clifford, Richard G. Vecchiotti
  • Patent number: 11864725
    Abstract: Sinusitis, enlarged nasal turbinates, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, allergic conditions, facial fractures and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters as opposed to instruments having rigid shafts. Various diagnostic procedures and devices are used to perform imaging studies, mucus flow studies, air/gas flow studies, anatomic dimension studies, endoscopic studies and transillumination studies. Access and occluder devices may be used to establish fluid tight seals in the anterior or posterior nasal cavities/nasopharynx and to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g., scopes, guidewires, catheters, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for injecting diagnostic or therapeutic agents, devices for implanting devices such as stents, substance eluting devices, substance delivery implants, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: John Y. Chang, Joshua Makower
  • Publication number: 20230414845
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: John Chang, Joshua Makower, Brian Mason, Fred Co, Mathew Calmer, Arash Sabet
  • Publication number: 20230390480
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving disrupting, stretching, re-orienting or tearing septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an expandable member is placed between tissue layers to stretch or tear septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright, II, John Hanley, Pablo Acosta
  • Publication number: 20230389951
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright II
  • Publication number: 20230389956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright, II, Arthur Ferdinand, Joshua Makower, Pablo Acosta, John Hanley
  • Publication number: 20230380854
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating cellulite including an apparatus that applies or a method involving separating septa to eliminate or reduce the appearance of cellulite. In one approach, an interventional tool is placed between tissue layers to engage and treat septa connecting tissue layers between which fat deposits are contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Podmore, Earl Bright II, Joshua Makower, Pablo Acosta
  • Publication number: 20230293166
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Theodore Charles Lamson, Joshua Makower, Joseph Catanese, III, Jacqueline Nerney Welch, Amrish Jayprakash Walke, Claude Vidal, Russell J. Redmond, Michael Collinson
  • Publication number: 20230248234
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, including methods and apparatus for dilating ostia, passageways and other anatomical structures, endoscopic methods and apparatus for endoscopic visualization of structures within the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, navigation devices for use in conjunction with image guidance or navigation system and hand held devices having pistol type grips and other handpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, John Y. Chang, Ketan P. Muni, John H. Morriss, Hung V. Ha, Isaac J. Kim, Julia D. Vrany
  • Patent number: 11660380
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Chang, Joshua Makower, Brian Mason, Fred Co, Mathew Calmer, Arash Sabet
  • Publication number: 20230123294
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: John Chang, Joshua Makower, Brian Mason, Fred Co, Mathew Calmer, Arash Sabet
  • Publication number: 20230117214
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure. In one approach, the breast pump assembly includes a breast adapter and a receptacle configured to cup the breast adapter, and the breast adapter is removable from the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: JOSHUA MAKOWER, John Y. Chang, Brendan M. Donohoe, Sharon Lam Wang, Michele Torosis, Earl Bright, II
  • Publication number: 20230121361
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast responsive to a controller, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: John Y. Chang, Joshua Makower, Brendan M. Donohoe, Michele Torosis
  • Patent number: 11589742
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating disorders of the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, including methods and apparatus for dilating ostia, passageways and other anatomical structures, endoscopic methods and apparatus for endoscopic visualization of structures within the ear, nose, throat or paranasal sinuses, navigation devices for use in conjunction with image guidance or navigation system and hand held devices having pistol type grips and other handpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Makower, John Y. Chang, Ketan P. Muni, John H. Morriss, Hung V. Ha, Isaac J. Kim, Julia D. Vrany
  • Patent number: D977625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Mason, John Chang, Joshua Makower