Patents by Inventor Kathryn Elizabeth Hitchcock

Kathryn Elizabeth Hitchcock 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).

  • Ultrasound-mediated inducement, detection, and enhancement of stable cavitation
    Patent number: 9675820
    Abstract: Methods and systems for passively detecting stable cavitation and enhancing stable cavitation during sonothrombolysis are provided. The method of passively detecting stable cavitation includes providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy. The system for inducing and passively detecting stable cavitation includes a dual-element annular transducer array configured to provide a fundamental ultrasonic frequency and to detect an ultrasonic frequency that is a derivative of the fundamental frequency. The method of enhancing stable cavitation includes administering a nucleating agent and a thrombolytic agent to a treatment zone, providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy, and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Christy K. Holland, Saurabh Datta, T. Douglas Mast, Nikolas Ivancevich, Kathryn Elizabeth Hitchcock, Kevin Haworth
  • Ultrasound-Mediated Inducement, Detection, and Enhancement of Stable Cavitation
    Publication number: 20160144203
    Abstract: Methods and systems for passively detecting stable cavitation and enhancing stable cavitation during sonothrombolysis are provided. The method of passively detecting stable cavitation includes providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy. The system for inducing and passively detecting stable cavitation includes a dual-element annular transducer array configured to provide a fundamental ultrasonic frequency and to detect an ultrasonic frequency that is a derivative of the fundamental frequency. The method of enhancing stable cavitation includes administering a nucleating agent and a thrombolytic agent to a treatment zone, providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy, and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Christy K. Holland, Saurabh Datta, T. Douglas Mast, Nikolas Ivancevich, Kathryn Elizabeth Hitchcock, Kevin Haworth
  • ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED INDUCEMENT, DETECTION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF STABLE CAVITATION
    Publication number: 20120130288
    Abstract: Methods and systems for passively detecting stable cavitation and enhancing stable cavitation during sonothrombolysis are provided. The method of passively detecting stable cavitation includes providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy. The system for inducing and passively detecting stable cavitation includes a dual-element annular transducer array configured to provide a fundamental ultrasonic frequency and to detect an ultrasonic frequency that is a derivative of the fundamental frequency. The method of enhancing stable cavitation includes administering a nucleating agent and a thrombolytic agent to a treatment zone, providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy, and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Christy K. Holland, Saurabh Datta, T. Douglas Mast, Nikolas Ivancevich, Kathryn Elizabeth Hitchcock, Kevin Haworth