Patents by Inventor Paul Miyashiro

Paul Miyashiro 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: 20240130775
    Abstract: Cryotherapeutic devices for targeted lunch neuromodulation therapies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an elongated shaft having a distal portion and a cooling assembly positioned at the distal portions. The shaft is configured to deliver the distal portion at a target site within a bronchus of a patient. The cooling assembly includes an expandable member, an injection lumen configured to dispel a refrigerant into the expandable member, and an exhaust lumen configured to receive expanded refrigerant. The cooling assembly is configured to impart cryogenic cooling to ablate neural fibers proximate to the target site. The device can be sized to fit within a working channel of a bronchoscope such that at least a portion of the cooling assembly can be visualized during a cryotherapeutic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine Miyashiro, Emily Schoenhoff, Austin Haynes, Nrupen Zaver, Paul Andreotti, Bernard Andreas, Jesus MagaƱa
  • Publication number: 20060186277
    Abstract: A combination television receiver and mounting wall adaptor comprises, in combination, a fixed wall having a rectangular hole placed in the wall at a convenient height for viewing a television program; a television receiver providing a television screen; and a mounting plate having: a means for mounting the television receiver on a rear surface of the mounting plate, an opening of a size for exposing the television screen of the television receiver, a first means for engaging joining a lower portion of the mounting plate with a lower edge of the hole in the wall for supporting the mounting plate on the wall, and a second means for engaging enabled for locking and unlocking an upper portion of the mounting plate with an upper edge of the hole in the wall for holding the mounting plate within the hole in the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Miyashiro