Patents by Inventor Wayne K. Augé

Wayne K. Augé 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).

  • Patent number: 7105011
    Abstract: A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue, in which method bone or bone-derived organic tissue is provided, an interfacing agent is applied to the bone or bone-derived organic tissue, and electromagnetic energy is applied to the interfacing agent. The interfacing agent can include collagen, preferably bone-derived collagen, and a therapeutic agent. In a related embodiment, a method of treating bone tissue is provided wherein a bioactive interfacing agent is placed between the bone segments of the bone tissue to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventor: Wayne K. Auge, II
  • Patent number: 7066932
    Abstract: Compositions, systems and methods utilizing engineered surgical irrigants providing delivery of components with therapeutic or other secondary benefits. Engineered irrigants provide targeted delivery of desired agents, including agents for propulsion of nano-devices, agents including molecular probes, gene expression agents, magnetically orientable agents, agents for discrete tissue temperature detection and tissue regeneration agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: MAP Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Roy E. Morgan, Wayne K. Auge, II
  • Patent number: 6902564
    Abstract: Method and devices for electrosurgery by means of oxy-hydro combustion. Deleterious effects to tissue are minimized by means of control of acid-base shift reactions, which reactions can further be employed to control oxy-hydro combustion reactions. In one embodiment, radiofrequency energy in electrical connection with electrodes is employed to induce electrolysis in an aqueous salt environment, thereby producing oxygen and hydrogen, with the same energy source employed to initiate a combustion reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventors: Roy E. Morgan, Wayne K. Auge, II, N. Mani Prakash
  • Publication number: 20040267255
    Abstract: Method and devices for electrosurgery by means of oxy-hydro combustion. Deleterious effects to tissue are minimized by means of control of acid-base shift reactions, which reactions can further be employed to control oxy-hydro combustion reactions. In one embodiment, radiofrequency energy in electrical connection with electrodes is employed to induce electrolysis in an aqueous salt environment, thereby producing oxygen and hydrogen, with the same energy source employed to initiate a combustion reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Wayne K Auge II, Roy E. Morgan, N. Mani Prakash
  • Publication number: 20040167244
    Abstract: A method of and compositions for fusing or welding bones in vivo and in a fluid medium wherein an implant bone is provided, the implant bone and/or a receiving bone is treated to expose organic component and to de-fat, an interfacing agent is added between receiving bone segments to be fused or welded, and the implant and receiving bone are fused or welded in vivo, in a fluid medium, utilizing electromagnetic energy. The interfacing agent may include collagen, a hydrophilic polymer and a therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Wayne K. Auge
  • Publication number: 20030175251
    Abstract: A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue, in which method bone or bone-derived organic tissue is provided, an interfacing agent is applied to the bone or bone-derived organic tissue, and electromagnetic energy is applied to the interfacing agent. The interfacing agent can include collagen, preferably bone-derived collagen, and a therapeutic agent. In a related embodiment, a method of treating bone tissue is provided wherein a bioactive interfacing agent is placed between the bone segments of the bone tissue to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Wayne K. Auge
  • Patent number: 6547794
    Abstract: A method of fusing or welding bone in vivo and in a fluid medium, comprising: harvesting a piece of autologous implant bone; treating the implant bone and/or a receiving bone to expose organic component; treating the implant bone and/or the receiving bone by de-fatting; combining the implant bone with other compounds to create an interfacing agent; adding the interfacing agent between receiving bone segments to be fused or welded; and fusing or welding in vivo, in a fluid medium, utilizing electromagnetic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Inventor: Wayne K. Auge′, II
  • Publication number: 20030036753
    Abstract: Method and devices for electrosurgery by means of oxy-hydro combustion. Deleterious effects to tissue are minimized by means of control of acid-base shift reactions, which reactions can further be employed to control oxy-hydro combustion reactions. In one embodiment, radiofrequency energy in electrical connection with electrodes is employed to induce electrolysis in an aqueous salt environment, thereby producing oxygen and hydrogen, with the same energy source employed to initiate a combustion reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Roy E. Morgan, Wayne K. Auge, N. Mani Prakash
  • Publication number: 20020022846
    Abstract: A method of fusing or welding bone in vivo and in a fluid medium, comprising: harvesting a piece of autologous implant bone; treating the implant bone and/or a receiving bone to expose organic component; treating the implant bone and/or the receiving bone by de-fatting; combining the implant bone with other compounds to create an interfacing agent; adding the interfacing agent between receiving bone segments to be fused or welded; and fusing or welding in vivo, in a fluid medium, utilizing electromagnetic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne K. Auge