Patents by Inventor Kevin Seale

Kevin Seale 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: 20140221908
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a system for treating a gland of a patient. The system includes a handheld device including a probe, a tip of the probe being formed with a suction opening and a delivery opening; a backend apparatus including a fluid reservoir configured to contain a fluid, an agent reservoir configured to contain agent particles, and a suction force generator; a delivery channel in fluid communication with the delivery opening and the fluid reservoir and the agent reservoir, the delivery channel allowing a mixture of the fluid and the agent particles to travel through the delivery channel and exit at the delivery opening; and a suction channel in fluid communication with the suction opening and the suction force generator, the suction channel allowing a suction force being generated at the suction opening by the suction force generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sonsino, John P. Wikswo, David Schaffer, Kevin Seale, Phillip C. Samson, Ronald S. Reiserer