Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Moss
Kevin L. Moss 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).
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Patent number: 11931570Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: David J. Danitz, Kevin L. Moss, Wesley C. Joe, Christopher J. Foster, Gary L. Boseck, Xitlalic Y. Soto-Sida, Robert Maston, John P. Lunsford
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Publication number: 20230414274Abstract: Described herein are elongate applicator tools adapted to be inserted into an anatomical structure of a body to deliver electric treatment, for example, high voltage, sub-microsecond electrical energy, to a target tissue. These applicator tools may be configured for insertion into a blood vessel, an otolaryngological structure (such as an ear, nose, or throat, including anatomical structures, such as a turbinate, tonsils, tongue, soft palate, parotid glands, esophageal glands), a gastrointestinal tract (e.g., stomach, small intestine, large intestine, duodenum, colon, etc., including the esophagus), structures of the female reproductive system (e.g., fallopian tubes, uterus), and/or a respiratory tract (e.g., trachea, pharynx, larynx, and bronchi). Also disclosed herein are systems including these tools and methods of their operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Kevin L. MOSS, Richard J. CONNOLLY, David J. DANITZ, Mitchell E. LEVINSON, Darrin R. UECKER, Cameron D. HINMAN
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Publication number: 20230414941Abstract: Described here are methods and apparatuses, including templates and template systems, for accurately positioning electrode applicator tips in order to treat larger predefined patterns of tissue. Also described here are methods and apparatuses for positioning, e.g., orienting and/or spacing, applicator tip(s) against the tissue while applying energy through some or all of the electrodes in the applicator tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Michael A. SMITH, Sukumar HIRANI, David J. DANITZ, Kevin L. MOSS, Anita L. CROMPTON
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Publication number: 20230404646Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, instruments and systems, including applicator handles for use with pulse generators) for automatically and/or mechanically setting impedance matching for connecting the applicator handle with different electrode tips. These methods and apparatuses may be useful for applying therapeutic energy, including but not limited to short, high field strength electric pulses, while avoiding the risk of arcing or otherwise harming the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Cameron D. HINMAN, Kevin L. MOSS, Wesley C. JOE, Peter H. ROBINO
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Patent number: 11786290Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, instruments and systems, including applicator handles for use with pulse generators) for automatically and/or mechanically setting impedance matching for connecting the applicator handle with different electrode tips. These methods and apparatuses may be useful for applying therapeutic energy, including but not limited to short, high field strength electric pulses, while avoiding the risk of arcing or otherwise harming the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Cameron D. Hinman, Kevin L. Moss, Wesley C. Joe, Peter H. Robino
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Patent number: 11779395Abstract: An energy delivery probe and method of using the energy delivery probe to treat a patient is provided herein. The energy delivery probe has at least one probe body having a longitudinal axis and at least a first trocar and a second trocar. Each trocar comprises at least two electrodes that are electrically insulated from each other, and each electrode is independently selectively activatable. An insulative sleeve is positioned in a coaxially surrounding relationship to each of the first trocar and the second trocar. The probe also has a switching means for independently activating at least one electrode. The method involves independently and selectively activating the first and second electrodes to form an ablation zone, then repeating the ablation by delivering energy to a second set of electrodes, producing one or more overlapping ablation zone, and eliminating the need to reposition the ablation probes.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Moss, Robert M. Pearson
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Publication number: 20230263570Abstract: An energy delivery probe and method of using the energy delivery probe to treat a patient is provided herein. The energy delivery probe has at least one probe body having a longitudinal axis and at least a first trocar and a second trocar. Each trocar comprises at least two electrodes that are electrically insulated from each other, and each electrode is independently selectively activatable. An insulative sleeve is positioned in a coaxially surrounding relationship to each of the first trocar and the second Vocal?. The probe also has a switching means for independently activating at least one electrode. The method involves independently and selectively activating the first and second electrodes to form an ablation zone, then repeating the ablation by delivering energy to a second set of electrodes, producing one or more overlapping ablation zone, and eliminating the need to reposition the ablation probes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: AngioDynamics, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. MOSS, Robert M. PEARSON
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Publication number: 20230248415Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for using the treatment tip apparatuses and high-voltage connectors with robotic surgical systems. For example, retractable treatment tip apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) including one, or more preferably a plurality, of electrodes that are protected by a housing (which may be retractable) until pressed against the tissue for deployment of the electrodes and delivery of a therapeutic treatment, are disclosed. In particular, these apparatuses may include a plurality of treatment needle electrodes and may be configured for the delivery of nanosecond pulsed electric fields. Also described herein are high-voltage connectors configured to provide high-voltage energy, such as nsPEF pulses, from a generator to the retractable treatment tip apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: David J. DANITZ, Cameron D. HINMAN, Kenneth R. KRIEG, Kevin L. MOSS, Christopher J. FOSTER, Darrin R. UECKER
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Publication number: 20230218335Abstract: Described herein are elongate applicator tools adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high voltage, sub-microsecond electrical energy to target tissue. These tools may be configured as laparoscopes, endoscopes, and/or catheters. Also disclosed herein systems including these tools and method of their operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Cameron D. HINMAN, Kevin L. MOSS, David J. DANITZ
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Publication number: 20230149710Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: David J. DANITZ, Kevin L. MOSS, Wesley C. JOE, Christopher J. FOSTER, Gary L. BOSECK, Xitlalic Y. SOTO-SIDA, Robert MASTON, John P. LUNSFORD
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Patent number: 11638815Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for using the treatment tip apparatuses and high-voltage connectors with robotic surgical systems. For example, retractable treatment tip apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) including one, or more preferably a plurality, of electrodes that are protected by a housing (which may be retractable) until pressed against the tissue for deployment of the electrodes and delivery of a therapeutic treatment, are disclosed. In particular, these apparatuses may include a plurality of treatment needle electrodes and may be configured for the delivery of nanosecond pulsed electric fields. Also described herein are high-voltage connectors configured to provide high-voltage energy, such as nsPEF pulses, from a generator to the retractable treatment tip apparatuses.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: David J. Danitz, Cameron D Hinman, Kenneth R. Krieg, Kevin L. Moss, Christopher J. Foster, Darrin R. Uecker
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Patent number: 11590345Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating a tissue with an electric treatment by rotating a pattern of electrodes partway through a treatment is disclosed. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses to treat tissue, including treating skin disorders, by selectively de-nucleating epidermal cells without provoking a significant inflammatory response, e.g., without increasing the density of leukocytes in the treated skin, and without affecting the non-cellular components of the dermis.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: David J. Danitz, Cameron D. Hinman, Edward Ebbers, Richard L. Nuccitelli, Kevin L. Moss, Darrin R. Uecker
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Patent number: 11577071Abstract: Electrodes that are configured to apply energy within the tissue while moving relative to the tissue. The apparatuses (devices, assemblies, systems) described herein may be configured with one or more electrodes that may move slightly in oscillatory movement and/or rotation relative to the tissue. The apparatuses described herein may be used to apply energy to a patient while minimizing or preventing the unintended modification of the tissue adjacent to the electrode, such as by arcing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Cameron D. Hinman, Kevin L. Moss, David J. Danitz
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Patent number: 11571569Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: David J. Danitz, Kevin L. Moss, Wesley C. Joe, Christopher J. Foster, Gary L. Boseck, Xitlalic Y. Soto-Sida, Robert Maston, John P. Lunsford
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Publication number: 20220151679Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, instruments and systems, including applicator handles for use with pulse generators) for automatically and/or mechanically setting impedance matching for connecting the applicator handle with different electrode tips. These methods and apparatuses may be useful for applying therapeutic energy, including but not limited to short, high field strength electric pulses, while avoiding the risk of arcing or otherwise harming the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Cameron D. HINMAN, Kevin L. MOSS, Wesley C. JOE, Peter H. ROBINO
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Patent number: 11311721Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating a tissue with an electric treatment by rotating a pattern of electrodes partway through a treatment is disclosed. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses to treat tissue, including treating skin disorders, by selectively de-nucleating epidermal cells without provoking a significant inflammatory response, e.g., without increasing the density of leukocytes in the treated skin, and without affecting the non-cellular components of the dermis.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Edward Ebbers, David J. Danitz, Richard L. Nuccitelli, Darrin R. Uecker, Cameron D. Hinman, Kevin L. Moss
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Publication number: 20220008122Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses for reducing or eliminating skin glands (e g , sebaceous, eccrine and apocrine) with an electric treatment. Also described herein are methods for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a skin gland. For example, described herein are methods of treating sebaceous hyperplasia.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Lauren M. JAUREGUI JOHNSTON, Edward A. EBBERS, David J. DANITZ, Richard L. NUCCITELLI, Darrin R. UECKER, Kevin L. MOSS, Cameron D. HINMAN
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Publication number: 20210370049Abstract: Described herein are treatment tip apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) including one, or more preferably a plurality, of electrodes that are protected by an electrode partition, such as an electrode housing (which may be retractable) until pressed against the tissue for deployment of the electrodes and delivery of a therapeutic treatment. In particular, these apparatuses may include a plurality of treatment electrodes (e.g., needle electrodes) and be configured for the delivery of nanosecond pulsed electric fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Kevin L. MOSS, Christopher J. FOSTER, Cameron D. HINMAN, David J. DANITZ, Darrin R. UECKER
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Patent number: 11167125Abstract: Described herein are treatment tip apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) including one, or more preferably a plurality, of electrodes that are protected by an electrode partition, such as an electrode housing (which may be retractable) until pressed against the tissue for deployment of the electrodes and delivery of a therapeutic treatment. In particular, these apparatuses may include a plurality of treatment electrodes (e.g., needle electrodes) and be configured for the delivery of nanosecond pulsed electric fields.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Kevin L. Moss, Christopher J. Foster, Cameron D. Hinman, David J. Danitz, Darrin R. Uecker
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Publication number: 20210085967Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating a tissue with an electric treatment by rotating a pattern of electrodes partway through a treatment is disclosed. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses to treat tissue, including treating skin disorders, by selectively de-nucleating epidermal cells without provoking a significant inflammatory response, e.g., without increasing the density of leukocytes in the treated skin, and without affecting the non-cellular components of the dermis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Edward EBBERS, David J. DANITZ, Richard L. NUCCITELLI, Darrin R. UECKER, Cameron D. HINMAN, Kevin L. MOSS