Patents by Inventor Steven Harms

Steven Harms 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).

  • Minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer
    Patent number: 7769432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment method to excise a cancerous lesion, such as in the breast, with subsequent ablation of the margin. The method provides for location and excision with ablation under open guidance or guided imaging and for diagnosis by cytology. The method may be a minimally, invasive same day method with diagnosis before or immediately after excision. Also provided is a method of treating close or positive margins of an excisional site of a cancerous lesion in a breast by ablating the margin while monitoring the fluorescence of a fluorophor at the site to determine when ablation of the close or positive margin has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: V. Suzanne Klimberg, Sohelia Korourian, Steven Harms, Gal Shafirstein
  • Minimally invasive treatment for breast cancer
    Patent number: 6978788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a minimally invasive, comprehensive same-day diagnosis and treatment method to remove tumor and ablate margins in breast cancer patients, comprising disease diagnosis by MRI and touch preparation cytology, followed by tumor removal and ablation of tumor margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: The University of Arkansas for Medical Science
    Inventors: V. Suzanne Klimberg, Steven Harms, Soheila Korourian
  • Minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer
    Publication number: 20050000525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment method to excise a cancerous lesion, such as in the breast, with subsequent ablation of the margin. The method provides for location and excision with ablation under open guidance or guided imaging and for diagnosis by cytology. The method may be a minimally, invasive same day method with diagnosis before or immediately after excision. Also provided is a method of treating close or positive margins of an excisional site of a cancerous lesion in a breast by ablating the margin while monitoring the fluorescence of a fluorophor at the site to determine when ablation of the close or positive margin has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: V. Klimberg, Soheila Korourian, Steven Harms
  • Minimally invasive treatment for breast cancer
    Publication number: 20030125640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a minimally invasive, comprehensive same-day diagnosis and treatment method to remove tumor and ablate margins in breast cancer patients, comprising disease diagnosis by MRI and touch preparation cytology, followed by tumor removal and ablation of tumor margins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: V. Suzanne Klimberg, Steven Harms, Soheila Korourian