Patents by Inventor Lance B. Becker

Lance B. Becker 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: 8117854
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and devices for producing two-phase coolants such as an ice slurry. Also provided are methods for producing two-phase coolants, and methods for using the two-phase coolants to lower the temperature or maintain a low temperature in any subject, system, object, device, or application where particular low temperatures are desired. Also provided are systems for determining the cooling capacity of two-phase coolants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Joshua W. Lampe, Lance B. Becker, Diana Bull
  • Publication number: 20110088413
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and devices for producing two-phase coolants such as an ice slurry. Also provided are methods for producing two-phase coolants, and methods for using the two-phase coolants to lower the temperature or maintain a low temperature in any subject, system, object, device, or application where particular low temperatures are desired. Also provided are systems for determining the cooling capacity of two-phase coolants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Joshua W. Lampe, Lance B. Becker, Diana Bull
  • Publication number: 20100308257
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and devices for producing two-phase coolants such as an ice slurry. Also provided are methods for producing two-phase coolants, and methods for using the two-phase coolants to lower the temperature or maintain a low temperature in any subject, system, object, device, or application where particular low temperatures are desired. Also provided are systems for determining the cooling capacity of two-phase coolants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Joshua W. Lampe, Lance B. Becker, Diana Bull
  • Publication number: 20090125087
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Publication number: 20080269109
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods of saving people, organs, and cells from the injurious effects of ischemia and the injurious effects of reperfusion by providing artificial circulation while intentionally reducing for a period of rest the normal externally directed functions of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Lance B. Becker
  • Patent number: 7422601
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Patent number: 6962601
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Publication number: 20040187512
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Patent number: 6547811
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Arch Development Corporation
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza
  • Publication number: 20030066304
    Abstract: Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Lance B. Becker, Terry Vanden Hoek, Kenneth E. Kasza