Patents by Inventor Wadie G. Shehata

Wadie G. Shehata 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 for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter using at least two shock wave pulses
    Patent number: 6780161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shock waves originating from at least two sources to a focal area on or within said living body or tissue. The apparatus is particularly for treating an illness or fragmenting stones or concretions. The sources of shock waves are at different angles from one another. An objective of the invention is to induce a localized effective shock wave treatment area and at the same time to minimize or abolish the unwanted tissue damage effects outside the treatment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: FMD, LLC
    Inventors: Yousry Faragalla, Alaa M. Elsheikh, Wadie G. Shehata
  • Apparatus for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter using at least two shock wave pulses
    Publication number: 20030181833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shock waves originating from at least two sources to a focal area on or within said living body or tissue. The apparatus is particularly for treating an illness or fragmenting stones or concretions. The sources of shock waves are at different angles from one another. An objective of the invention is to induce a localized effective shock wave treatment area and at the same time to minimize or abolish the unwanted tissue damage effects outside the treatment area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: FMD, LLC
    Inventors: Yousry Faragalla, Alaa M. Elsheikh, Wadie G. Shehata