Patents by Inventor Michal Balberg

Michal Balberg 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 performing myocardial revascularization
    Publication number: 20060122583
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming a hole in a region of the heart muscle wall of a patient undergoing myocardial revascularization comprising: means for removing tissue from the region to form the hole; a light source that illuminates the region with light that generates photoacoustic waves therein; at least one acoustic sensor that generates signals responsive to the photoacoustic waves; and a controller that receives the signals and processes them to determine a characteristic of the region useable to control the means for removing tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Glucon Inc
    Inventors: Benny Pesach, Michal Balberg
  • Method and apparatus for determining tissue viability
    Publication number: 20060100489
    Abstract: A tissue viability monitor (TVM) for determining viability of a biological tissue comprising: at least one light source controllable to illuminate the tissue with light that generates photoacoustic waves therein; at least one acoustic transducer that generates signals responsive to the photoacoustic waves; and a controller that receives the signals and processes the signals to determine at least one characteristic of the tissue and a measure of viability responsive to the determined at least one characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: GLUCON, INC.
    Inventors: Benny Pesach, Michal Balberg
  • Ultrasonic position indicator
    Publication number: 20040131299
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a position of an instrument in a subject includes a light transmission medium configured to transmit light pulses to a desired region to produce an acoustic signal, at least one ultrasound sensor configured to receive the acoustic signal and to produce a transduced signal from the acoustic signal, and a processing unit connected to the at least one ultrasound sensor and configured to locate a source of the acoustic signal using the transduced signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Avner Adoram, Benny Pesach, Ron Nagar, Shai Ashkenazi, Michal Balberg