Patents by Inventor Selene Chida

Selene Chida 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).

  • NORMALIZATION AND STABILIZATION OF BALLOON SURFACES FOR DEFLATION
    Publication number: 20150216529
    Abstract: A deflation device for use in deflating an inflatable or implantable balloon device, comprising, in combination: an endoscope tube, having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen; a cap disposed at the distal end of the endoscope tube and having walls defining a balloon interface chamber; a coring device disposed within the lumen and configured to travel within the lumen such that a distal end of the coring device is extendable beyond the distal end of the cap; wherein the cap is configured to provide a normal surface of a balloon relative to the orientation of the coring device as the coring device is disposed near the distal end of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Kwok, Robert Pecor, Mark Ashby, Selene Chida, Outhit Bouasaysy
  • Normalization and stabilization of balloon surfaces for deflation
    Patent number: 8894568
    Abstract: A deflation device for use in deflating an inflatable or implantable balloon device, comprising, in combination: an endoscope tube, having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen; a cap disposed at the distal end of the endoscope tube and having walls defining a balloon interface chamber; a coring device disposed within the lumen and configured to travel within the lumen such that a distal end of the coring device is extendable beyond the distal end of the cap; wherein the cap is configured to provide a normal surface of a balloon relative to the orientation of the coring device as the coring device is disposed near the distal end of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: ReShape Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Kwok, Robert Pecor, Mark Ashby, Selene Chida, Outhit Bouasaysy
  • NORMALIZATION AND STABILIZATION OF BALLOON SURFACES FOR DEFLATION
    Publication number: 20130066267
    Abstract: A deflation device for use in deflating an inflatable or implantable balloon device, comprising, in combination: an endoscope tube, having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen; a cap disposed at the distal end of the endoscope tube and having walls defining a balloon interface chamber; a coring device disposed within the lumen and configured to travel within the lumen such that a distal end of the coring device is extendable beyond the distal end of the cap; wherein the cap is configured to provide a normal surface of a balloon relative to the orientation of the coring device as the coring device is disposed near the distal end of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ReShape Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Kwok, Robert Pecor, Mark Ashby, Selene Chida, Outhit Bouasaysy