Patents by Inventor Richard Pfile

Richard Pfile 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for the Selective Treatment of Tissue
    Publication number: 20120150035
    Abstract: A HIFU System (100) is disclosed which may automatically generate a proposed treatment plan for treating a tissue treatment area (10) with HIFU Therapy. In one example, the proposed treatment plan includes a plurality of treatment sites selected based on a three-dimensional model generated from ultrasound data. In another example, the proposed treatment plan excludes portions of the tissue treatment area (10) corresponding to blood flow, such as the neuro-vascular bundles (20) when treating the prostate (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: FOCUS SURGERY INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Seip, Wo-Hsing Chen, Roy F. Carlson, Narendra T. Sanghvi, Kris A. Dines, Michael A. Penna, Richard Pfile
  • Method and Apparatus for Selective Treatment of Tissue
    Publication number: 20070219448
    Abstract: A IIIFU System (100) is disclosed which may automatically generate a proposed treatment plan for treating a tissue treatment area (10) with HIFU Therapy. In one example, the proposed treatment plan includes a plurality of treatment sites selected based on a three-dimensional model generated from ultrasound data. In another example, the proposed treatment plan excludes portions of the tissue treatment area (10) corresponding to blood flow, such as the neuro-vascular bundles (20) when treating the prostate (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: FOCUS SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Seip, Wo-Hsing Chen, Roy Carlson, Narendra Sanghv, Kris Dines, Michael Penna, Richard Pfile