Patents by Inventor Mark D. McCauley

Mark D. McCauley 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: 20170056647
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying and securing conductive materials to a region of tissue may utilize a catheter. The catheter may provide a tip with one or more detachable sections or may provide an adjustable opening. A lumen of the catheter may provide a conductive material, such as a filament, fiber, network or patch of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or carbon nanofibers (CNFs). In some embodiments, the conductive materials may be coupled to securing mechanisms, such as screws, clips, anchors, alligator clips, or anchors with barbs, which can be actuated to attach the conductive materials to desired regions of tissue. In some embodiments, the catheter may provide a needle tip that allows the conductive material to be embedded into desired regions of tissue by inserting the needle into the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: William Marsh Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute
    Inventors: Flavia Vitale, Dimitri Tsentalovich, Francesca Mirri, Matteo Pasquali, Mehdi Razavi, Mark D. McCauley, Colin C. Young