Patents by Inventor Melissa Byrne

Melissa Byrne 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).

  • Regional cardiac tissue treatment
    Publication number: 20070060907
    Abstract: A method for treating an occlusion in a coronary artery of a patient includes percutaneously advancing an occlusion treatment tool (such as an angioplasty balloon or stent delivery device) through the vasculature of the patient and into a coronary artery to a site of the occlusion. Following the treatment of the occlusion, a therapeutic agent is admitted into the first coronary artery. The therapeutic agent is selected to treat microvasculature obstructions at a target cardiac tissue site distal to the site of the occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: James Shapland, Tuan Doan, David Kaye, Adam Bilney, Melissa Byrne