Patents by Inventor Linda Berkhouse

Linda Berkhouse 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).

  • Use of endoscopic ultrasound and stimulated bilary drainage in the diagnosis of cholecystitis and microlithiasis
    Patent number: 5495851
    Abstract: The combined endoscopic ultrasound and stimulated biliary drainage method involves the following steps: inserting an endoscopic ultrasound device within the antrum of a stomach; positioning the endoscopic ultrasound device within the stomach such that the endoscopic ultrasound device is allowed to have a substantially unobstructed view of the gallbladder; activating the endoscopic ultrasound device such that it is capable of detecting whether the gallbladder exhibits any of the following: gallbladder sludge or small gallstones, focal wall thickening, or adhesions about the gallbladder and/or cystic duct; delivering a cholecystokinin analogue intravenously to the human to enable the gallbladder to contract and to produce an ejection fraction of bile from the gallbladder during each contraction thereof; determining the degree of contraction of the gallbladder by means of measuring each the ejection fraction of the gallbladder; and removing the ejection fractions from the patient and analyzing the ejection fract
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Roanoke Gastroenterology, P.C.
    Inventors: James E. Dill, Linda Berkhouse