Patents by Inventor Url Amir

Url Amir 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).

  • Apparatus and method for protecting tissues during cryoablation
    Publication number: 20040024391
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Samuel Cytron, Paul Sofer, Doris Schechter, Url Amir, Roni Zvuloni