Patents by Inventor Matthew Thomas Wheeler

Matthew Thomas Wheeler 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).

  • Method and apparatus for radioablation of regular targets such as sympathetic nerves
    Patent number: 9072894
    Abstract: Techniques for radioablation of sympathetic nerves include positioning a subject on a support in view of a volume imaging system and an ionizing radiation source; and collecting volume image data. Location of a treatment portion of a sympathetic nerve in the subject is determined based on the volume image data. Movement of the source is determined to apply a therapeutic radiation dose to the treatment portion based on the location of the treatment portion and relative location of the source to the volume imaging system. The source is operated to deliver the therapeutic radiation dose. An apparatus includes a mounting structure, an X-ray source and a shield. The source produces an X-ray beam with photon energy above one million electron volts (MeV) and not above six MeV. The shield is mounted in opposition to the source to block the X-ray beam with photon energies not greater than about six MeV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Robert K. Chin, Matthew Thomas Wheeler, Peter G. Maxim
  • Method And Apparatus for Radioablation of Regular Targets such as Sympathetic Nerves
    Publication number: 20120294424
    Abstract: Techniques for radioablation of sympathetic nerves include positioning a subject on a support in view of a volume imaging system and an ionizing radiation source; and collecting volume image data. Location of a treatment portion of a sympathetic nerve in the subject is determined based on the volume image data. Movement of the source is determined to apply a therapeutic radiation dose to the treatment portion based on the location of the treatment portion and relative location of the source to the volume imaging system. The source is operated to deliver the therapeutic radiation dose. An apparatus includes a mounting structure, an X-ray source and a shield. The source produces an X-ray beam with photon energy above one million electron volts (MeV) and not above six MeV. The shield is mounted in opposition to the source to block the X-ray beam with photon energies not greater than about six MeV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Robert K. Chin, Matthew Thomas Wheeler, Peter G. Maxim