Patents by Inventor Karen Frischmeyer

Karen Frischmeyer 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).

  • Bone-treatment instrument and method
    Patent number: 7108696
    Abstract: Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in palliative treatment of a bone tumor on or in a compact bone region. The bone treatment devices include an elongate probe having a distal end. A proximal end of the probe supports placement in a location at or adjacent to the bone tumor. Electrodes are carried within the probe for deployment from the distal end into the bone tumor. The electrodes may be shapable to create, upon deployment, an array of electrodes that defines a geometric area within the bone tumor. Application of energy, for example energy from a radio frequency (RF) source, to the area of the bone tumor via the electrodes destroys at least a portion of the nerve receptors located in or adjacent to the tumor and produces a reduction in pain associated with the bone tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Rita Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Daniel, Daniel J. Balbierz, Robert D. Russell, Robert Pearson, Andres Tamayo, Takehito Jimbo, Karen Frischmeyer
  • Bone-treatment instrument and method
    Publication number: 20040059328
    Abstract: Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in palliative treatment of a bone tumor on or in a compact bone region. The bone treatment devices include an elongate probe having a distal end. A proximal end of the probe supports placement in a location at or adjacent to the bone tumor. Electrodes are carried within the probe for deployment from the distal end into the bone tumor. The electrodes may be shapable to create, upon deployment, an array of electrodes that defines a geometric area within the bone tumor. Application of energy, for example energy from a radio frequency (RF) source, to the area of the bone tumor via the electrodes destroys at least a portion of the nerve receptors located in or adjacent to the tumor and produces a reduction in pain associated with the bone tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: RITA Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Daniel, Daniel J. Balbierz, Robert D. Russell, Robert Pearson, Andres Tamayo, Takehito Jimbo, Karen Frischmeyer
  • Bone-treatment instrument and method
    Patent number: 6622731
    Abstract: Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in palliative treatment of a bone tumor on or in a compact bone region. The bone treatment devices include an elongate probe having a distal end. A proximal end of the probe supports placement in a location at or adjacent to the bone tumor. Electrodes are carried within the probe for deployment from the distal end into the bone tumor. The electrodes may be shapable to create, upon deployment, an array of electrodes that defines a geometric area within the bone tumor. Application of energy, for example energy from a radio frequency (RF) source, to the area of the bone tumor via the electrodes destroys at least a portion of the nerve receptors located in or adjacent to the tumor and produces a reduction in pain associated with the bone tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Rita Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Daniel, Daniel J. Balbierz, Robert D. Russell, Robert Pearson, Andres Tamayo, Takehito Jimbo, Karen Frischmeyer
  • Bone-treatment instrument and method
    Publication number: 20020133148
    Abstract: Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in palliative treatment of a bone tumor on or in a compact bone region. The bone treatment devices include an elongate probe having a distal end. A proximal end of the probe supports placement in a location at or adjacent to the bone tumor. Electrodes are carried within the probe for deployment from the distal end into the bone tumor. The electrodes may be shapable to create, upon deployment, an array of electrodes that defines a geometric area within the bone tumor. Application of energy, for example energy from a radio frequency (RF) source, to the area of the bone tumor via the electrodes destroys at least a portion of the nerve receptors located in or adjacent to the tumor and produces a reduction in pain associated with the bone tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Steven A. Daniel, Daniel J. Balbierz, Robert D. Russell, Robert Pearson, Andres Tamayo, Takehito Jimbo, Karen Frischmeyer