Patents by Inventor Xinmai Yang

Xinmai Yang 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 APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MICROVESSELS
    Publication number: 20230083661
    Abstract: A method of removing microvessels includes applying a burst of acoustic energy at a target location, applying a pulse of optical energy at the target location, and promoting cavitation at the target location by synchronizing an arrival of the burst of acoustic energy and the optical energy at the target location. The burst of acoustic energy has a pressure below 5.0 MPa. The pulse of optical energy at the target location has a fluence less than 100 mJ/cm2. At least a portion of the pulse is concurrent with the burst and the optical energy has an optical area that is overlapping with an acoustic area of the acoustic energy at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Xinmai Yang, Xueding Wang, Yannis M. Paulus
  • Method and apparatus for removing microvessels
    Patent number: 11511138
    Abstract: A method of removing microvessels includes applying a burst of acoustic energy at a target location, applying a pulse of optical energy at the target location, and promoting cavitation at the target location. The burst of acoustic energy has a pressure below 5.0 MPa. The pulse of optical energy at the target location has a fluence less than 100 mJ/cm2. At least a portion of the pulse is concurrent with the burst and the optical energy has an optical area that is overlapping with an acoustic area of the acoustic energy at the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Xinmai Yang, Xueding Wang, Yannis M. Paulus
  • ULTRASOUND-ENHANCED LASER THROMBOLYSIS WITH ENDOVASCULAR LASER AND HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20220071705
    Abstract: A system for thrombolysis includes an optical energy source, an ultrasound transducer, and an optical conduit for insertion into a vessel. The optical conduit directs optical energy from the optical energy source to a target location at a terminal end of the optical conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Xinmai Yang, M Laird Forrest
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MICROVESSELS
    Publication number: 20170312552
    Abstract: A method of removing microvessels includes applying a burst of acoustic energy at a target location, applying a pulse of optical energy at the target location, and promoting cavitation at the target location. The burst of acoustic energy has a pressure below 5.0 MPa. The pulse of optical energy at the target location has a fluence less than 100 mJ/cm2. At least a portion of the pulse is concurrent with the burst and the optical energy has an optical area that is overlapping with an acoustic area of the acoustic energy at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Xinmai Yang, Xueding Wang, Yannis M. Paulus