Patents by Inventor Robert H. Thiele

Robert H. Thiele 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).

  • Oxidation measurement system and related method thereof
    Patent number: 10028682
    Abstract: A catheter system and related method for measuring the oxidation state of biological molecules in a region of a measurement site of a subject. The system may include a catheter device having one or more emitters in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with a tissue wall of the subject. The catheter device also includes one or more detectors in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with the tissue wall of the subject. The emitters and the detector are in electromagnetic radiation communication with one another, whereby the electromagnetic radiation communication allows visible radiation or near infrared radiation emitted by emitters to be detected by the detector to determine tissue oxidation state of the region of the measurement site of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Robert H. Thiele
  • OXIDATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150282747
    Abstract: A catheter system and related method for measuring the oxidation state of biological molecules in a region of a measurement site of a subject. The system may include a catheter device having one or more emitters in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with a tissue wall of the subject. The catheter device also includes one or more detectors in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with the tissue wall of the subject. The emitters and the detector are in electromagnetic radiation communication with one another, whereby the electromagnetic radiation communication allows visible radiation or near infrared radiation emitted by emitters to be detected by the detector to determine tissue oxidation state of the region of the measurement site of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventor: Robert H. Thiele