Patents by Inventor Robert L. Schmidlen

Robert L. Schmidlen 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).

  • Device and method for radiation therapy
    Patent number: 6302839
    Abstract: There is provided a device and a method for irradiating vascular tissues. The device generally includes a transfer device having a first chamber and a second chamber and a piston slidably disposed between the chambers. A ballon catheter is provided for positioning witin the vascular system and is connected to the transfer device such that an inflation lumen of the balloon catheter is in fluid communication with the second chamber. A proximal end of the balloon catheter is affixed to a mounting block which is configured to receive the transfer device. An inflation device is provided to force fluid into the first chamber such that the piston is driven to force a radioactive fluid contained in the second chamber into the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Calmedica, LLC
    Inventors: Ary S. Chernomorsky, Robert L. Schmidlen, Jerome Jackson
  • Device and method for radiation therapy
    Patent number: 5961439
    Abstract: There is provided a device and a method for irradiating vascular tissues. The device generally includes a transfer device having a first chamber and a second chamber and a piston slidably disposed between the chambers. A balloon catheter is provided for positioning within the vascular system and is connected to the transfer device such that an inflation lumen of the balloon catheter is in fluid communication with the second chamber. A proximal end of the balloon catheter is affixed to a mounting block which is configured to receive the transfer device. An inflation device is provided to force fluid into the first chamber such that the piston is driven to force a radioactive fluid contained in the second chamber into the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Ary S. Chernomorsky, Robert L. Schmidlen, Jerome Jackson