Patents by Inventor William Maner

William Maner 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).

  • Uterine electrical stimulation system and method
    Patent number: 9872983
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing cervical ripening in a pregnant patient. The method includes generating an electrical stimulation current between about 0.01 milliamperes and about 6 milliamperes using a current unit, coupling an electrode probe to the current unit, and inserting the electrode probe transvaginally so that at least one electrode of the electrode probe is in contact with the patient's cervix. The method also includes applying the electrical stimulation current from the current unit through the electrode probe and the at least one electrode to the patient's cervix to produce ripening of the patient's cervix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Dignity Health
    Inventors: Robert E. Garfield, Shao-Qing Shi, Leili Shi, William Maner
  • UTERINE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160235979
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing cervical ripening in a pregnant patient. The method includes generating an electrical stimulation current between about 0.01 milliamperes and about 6 milliamperes using a current unit, coupling an electrode probe to the current unit, and inserting the electrode probe transvaginally so that at least one electrode of the electrode probe is in contact with the patient's cervix. The method also includes applying the electrical stimulation current from the current unit through the electrode probe and the at least one electrode to the patient's cervix to produce ripening of the patient's cervix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Robert E. Garfield, Shao-Qing Shi, Leili Shi, William Maner
  • ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE CERVIX
    Publication number: 20150127017
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing cervical ripening in a pregnant patient. The method includes generating an electrical stimulation current between about 0.01 milliamperes and about 6 milliamperes using a current unit, coupling an electrode probe to the current unit, and inserting the electrode probe transvaginally so that at least one electrode of the electrode probe is in contact with the patient's cervix. The method also includes applying the electrical stimulation current from the current unit through the electrode probe and the at least one electrode to the patient's cervix to produce ripening of the patient's cervix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Robert E. Garfield, Shao-Qing Shi, Leili Shi, William Maner