Patents by Inventor Paul Sofer

Paul Sofer 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING TISSUES DURING CRYOABLATION
    Publication number: 20090292280
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Cytron, Paul Sofer, Doris Schechter, Uri Amir, Roni Zvuloni
  • Apparatus and method for protecting tissues during cryoablation
    Patent number: 7479139
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Cytron, Paul Sofer, Doris Schechter, Uri Amir, Roni Zvuloni
  • Apparatus and method for cryosurgery within a body cavity
    Publication number: 20050251124
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for cryosurgery within a body cavity are disclosed. The apparatus includes a trocar installable in an external passageway opened in a wall of a body cavity of a patient, the trocar having a portal serving to maintain and control the external passageway after installation of the trocar, the portal being useable for transmitting therethrough at least one surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure. The apparatus further includes at least one cryoprobe deployable through the portal of the trocar into a body cavity. The cryoprobe is operable to be positioned in the body cavity in a selected orientation and position, and to cryoablate a tissue within the body cavity when in that selected orientation and position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Roni Zvuloni, Yan Moore, Paul Sofer, James McGlone
  • Apparatus and method for protecting tissues during cryoablation
    Publication number: 20040024391
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Cytron, Paul Sofer, Doris Schechter, Url Amir, Roni Zvuloni
  • Apparatus and method for cryosurgery within a body cavity
    Publication number: 20020188287
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for cryosurgery within a body cavity are disclosed. The apparatus includes a trocar installable in an external passageway opened in a wall of a body cavity of a patient, the trocar having a portal serving to maintain and control the external passageway after installation of the trocar, the portal being useable for transmitting therethrough at least one surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure. The apparatus further includes at least one cryoprobe deployable through the portal of the trocar into a body cavity. The cryoprobe is operable to be positioned in the body cavity in a selected orientation and position, and to cryoablate a tissue within the body cavity when in that selected orientation and position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Roni Zvuloni, Yan Moore, Paul Sofer, James McGlone