Patents by Inventor Thomas Mulcahey

Thomas Mulcahey 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108424
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments pertain to a therapeutic catheter for treating airway disorders. The catheter may include a video imager, steerable tip, and a lens temperature controller. The catheter may be remotely and/or robotically steerable based on a treatment plan developed with reference to a two- or three-dimensional map of the treatment area. Instead of individual discrete doses, regions of the treatment area may be treated in a continuous fashion by moving the catheter as a dose is applied. The catheter may be dynamically positioned at target locations in the lumen based on the treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Wendelin Maners
  • Patent number: 11446075
    Abstract: A method and system for automated and semi-automated predictable, consistent, safe, effective, and lumen-specific and patient-specific cryospray treatment of airway tissue in which treatment duration is automatically set by the system following entry of patient information and treatment location information into the system by the user, and treatment spray is automatically stopped by the system when the automatically selected treatment duration has been achieved as determined by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CSA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Marc Davidson, Brian M. Hanley, Ellen E. Sheets, Wei Li Fan
  • Patent number: 11202559
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes vision preservation systems for medical devices, such as cryospray devices for use with endoscopes. Exemplary embodiments provide a distal attachment in the form of a shroud or cap that mounts to the end of a flexible endoscope. A purging fluid supply mechanism is provided along the length of the endoscope, providing a channel for purging fluid, such as gas, to communicate between the endoscope tip and an external gas supply. The cap or shroud assembly incorporates a lens clearing flow field adjustment mechanism, such as nozzles, designed to direct warm (room temperature or higher) purging fluid across a lens at the scope tip. Another flow deflection mechanism, such as a guide or nozzle, may be included with the cap to direct purging fluid at an angle away from the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CSA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Daniel J. Grasso, David Sherrill
  • Publication number: 20180110556
    Abstract: A method and system for automated and semi-automated predictable, consistent, safe, effective, and lumen-specific and patient-specific cryospray treatment of airway tissue in which treatment duration is automatically set by the system following entry of patient information and treatment location information into the system by the user, and treatment spray is automatically stopped by the system when the automatically selected treatment duration has been achieved as determined by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Marc Davidson, Brian M. Hanley, Ellen E. Sheets, Wei Li Fan
  • Patent number: 9867648
    Abstract: A method and system for automated and semi-automated predictable, consistent, safe, effective, and lumen-specific and patient-specific cryospray treatment of airway tissue in which treatment duration is automatically set by the system following entry of patient information and treatment location information into the system by the user, and treatment spray is automatically stopped by the system when the automatically selected treatment duration has been achieved as determined by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CSA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Marc Davidson, Brian M. Hanley, Ellen Sheets, Wei Li Fan
  • Publication number: 20170311789
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to vision preservation systems for medical devices, such as cryospray devices for use with endoscopes. Exemplary embodiments provide a distal attachment in the form of a shroud or cap that mounts to the end of a flexible endoscope. A purging fluid supply mechanism is provided along the length of the endoscope, providing a channel for purging fluid, such as gas, to communicate between the endoscope tip and an external gas supply. The cap or shroud assembly incorporates a lens clearing flow field adjustment mechanism, such as nozzles, designed to direct warm (room temperature or higher) purging fluid across a lens at the scope tip. Another flow deflection mechanism, such as a guide or nozzle, may be included with the cap to direct purging fluid at an angle away from the lens. Gas, as an example, directed across and toward the lens purges moisture to avoid condensation on the lens and shears debris and bodily fluids away from the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Daniel J. Grasso, David Sherrill
  • Publication number: 20150351822
    Abstract: A method and system for automated and semi-automated predictable, consistent, safe, effective, and lumen-specific and patient-specific cryospray treatment of airway tissue in which treatment duration is automatically set by the system following entry of patient information and treatment location information into the system by the user, and treatment spray is automatically stopped by the system when the automatically selected treatment duration has been achieved as determined by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Mulcahey, Marc Davidson, Brian M. Hanley, Ellen Sheets, Wei Li Fan