Patents by Inventor William E. Wieler

William E. Wieler 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).

  • Method and device for cardiac tissue ablation
    Patent number: 8152795
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: CardioFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARDIAC TISSUE ABLATION
    Publication number: 20080195088
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
    Patent number: 7357796
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: CardioFocus Corporation
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • Methods for projection of energy
    Patent number: 7207984
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: CardioFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
    Patent number: 6953457
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: CardioFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • Phototherapeutic waveguide apparatus
    Patent number: 6572609
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical waveguide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the waveguide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: CardioFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler, Lincoln S. Baxter, Jon T. McIntyre, Edward L. Sinofsky
  • Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
    Publication number: 20020183729
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler
  • Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
    Patent number: 6423055
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in communication with a light transmitting optical fiber. Energy is transmitted through the optical fiber, such that radiation is propagated through the optical fiber and the wave guide projects an annular light pattern, e.g., a circle or a halo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: CardioFocus, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Farr, William E. Wieler