Patents by Inventor Paul Leonard Miller

Paul Leonard Miller 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).

  • Active tissue augmentation materials and method
    Patent number: 7326172
    Abstract: Active tissue augmenting agents, compositions and methods for use are disclosed. In a typical embodiment, the active augmenting agents of the invention can be used to form an artificial sphincter around a lumen of a human or animal body. In one embodiment, the active augmenting agent comprises magnitizable particles which can provide occlusion of a lumen, such as the urethral lumen, by circumferential attraction of the injected material toward the center of the lumen by the inherent magnetic flux field created from the magnetic dipoles of the magnetic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Torax Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Leonard Miller
  • Active tissue augmentation materials and method
    Publication number: 20030153806
    Abstract: Active tissue augmenting agents, compositions and methods for use are disclosed. In a typical embodiment, the active augmenting agents of the invention can be used to form an artificial sphincter around a lumen of a human or animal body. In one embodiment, the active augmenting agent comprises magnitizable particles which can provide occlusion of a lumen, such as the urethral lumen, by circumferential attraction of the injected material toward the center of the lumen by the inherent magnetic flux field created from the magnetic dipoles of the magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: EV&M
    Inventor: Paul Leonard Miller