Patents by Inventor Natalia Isaza

Natalia Isaza 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).

  • Controllable dexterous endoscopic device
    Patent number: 8388519
    Abstract: A selectively rigidizable endoscopic device is described. In one aspect, an endoscopic medical device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: SRI International, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Pablo Garcia, Thomas Low, Bryan Chavez, Harsha Prahlad, Natalia Isaza, Sanjeev Dutta
  • CONTROLLABLE DEXTEROUS ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090030282
    Abstract: A selectively rigidizable endoscopic device is described. In one aspect, an endoscopic medical device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicants: SRI INTERNATIONAL, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Pablo GARCIA, Thomas LOW, Bryan CHAVEZ, Harsha PRAHLAD, Natalia ISAZA, Sanjeev DUTTA