Patents by Inventor Peter A. Tobisch

Peter A. Tobisch 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).

  • Needle deployment for temperature sensing from an electrode
    Patent number: 6852110
    Abstract: Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Solarant Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren L. Roy, Timothy G. Dietz, Stanley Levy, Jr., F. Allen House, Carine Hoarau, Peter A. Tobisch
  • Needle deployment for temperature sensing from an electrode
    Publication number: 20040024433
    Abstract: Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: SURx, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren L. Roy, Timothy G. Dietz, Stanley Levy, F. Allen House, Carine Hoarau, Peter A. Tobisch