Patents by Inventor Michele A. Maltese

Michele A. Maltese 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: 20080255988
    Abstract: A memorial center is configured to receive a notification, where the notification includes identification information. The memorial center is further configured to authenticate the identification information contained in the notification, thereby creating authenticated data. The memorial center is further configured to receive a request to provide the authenticated data to a designee, and further configured to provide the authenticated data to the designee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Michele A. Maltese
  • Patent number: 6652519
    Abstract: Electrode needle for the treatment of parenchymatous tumours through radiofrequency-induced interstitial hyperthermy, comprising a hollow guide needle (11) and a radiofrequnecy active filament (12) threaded into the needle, connectable to a radiofrequency generator and capable of axial movements between an inactive position retracted into the needle and an active position of protrusion of a terminal segment of the filament from the distal end of the needle, characterised in that said terminal segment (13) of the filament is shaped to pass from a rectilinear shape when the filament is in retracted into the needle, to a spiral shape when the filament is in the active forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thermo-Med 2000 KFT
    Inventor: Michele Maltese
  • Publication number: 20020058937
    Abstract: 1. Electrode needle for the treatment of parenchymatous tumours throughs radiofrequency-induced interstitial hyperthermy, comprising a hollow guide needle (11) and a radiofrequency active filament (12) threaded into the needle, connectable to a radiofrequency generator and capable of axial movements between an inactive position retracted into the needle and an active position of protrusion of a terminal segment of the filament from the distal end of the needle, characterised in that said terminal segment (13) of the filament is shaped to pass from a rectilinear shape when the filament is in retracted position into the needle, to a spiral shape when the filament is in the active forward position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventor: Michele Maltese