Oraya Therapeutics, Inc.

Kona Medical, Inc.

Other

Olympic Ophthalmics, Inc.

Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.

University of California

Valam Corporation

Medlogics Device Corporation

Utsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.

Stryker Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Carl Zeiss Meditec Gmbh

Michael Eric Gertner

Steven D Hansen

Erik Chell

Mark E Arnoldussen

Matt Herron

Jimin Zhang

Arash Sabet

Junzhong Liang

David M Perozek

Neil J Sheehan

Robert Brommer

Igor Koruga

Kuang-Hung Pan

Stuart L Axelson, Jr

Carlos Esteban Collazo

Shigeo Matsuno

Richard L Klein

Nathan Christopher Maier

Erica J Rogers

Nazila Dadvand

Thomas Anderson

A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a member having an exterior surface for contacting the individual, the member configured to oscillate to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion; and a motor in the housing, the motor configured to cause the member to oscillate at an oscillation frequency for inducing tear production or a sinus effect; wherein the handheld device has an operational sound level that is 40 dB or less.

Quiet handheld devices and methods for treatment of disorders

A method to treat a dry eye condition of an individual, includes: receiving a switch signal generated based on a manipulation of a control switch at a handheld device; and activating a motor in response to the switch signal to oscillate a member at an oscillation frequency, the member having an elongated configuration, and having a portion for placement outside the individual; wherein the oscillation frequency is sufficient to induce tear production when the portion of the member is applied towards a surface of a body portion of the individual.

Treatment methods using handheld devices for disorders

A method to apply a nerve inhibiting cloud surrounding a blood vessel includes creating a treatment plan, wherein the treatment plan prescribes application of the nerve inhibiting cloud towards at least a majority portion of a circumference of a blood vessel wall, and applying the nerve inhibiting cloud towards the majority portion of the circumference of the blood vessel wall for a time sufficient to inhibit a function of a nerve that surrounds the blood vessel wall.

Intravascular energy delivery

A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a cantilever beam having a first portion accommodated in the housing, and a second portion that is moveable relative to the housing, wherein the second portion is configured to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion; and a motor in the housing, the motor configured to oscillate the second portion of the cantilever beam at an oscillation frequency.

Handheld device with vibrational cantilever member for treatment of disorders

A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a member having a portion that is moveable relative to the housing, wherein the portion of the member is configured to oscillate to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion, the member having an elongated configuration; and a motor having a weight that is supported by the member.

Handheld device with motorized member for treatment of disorders

A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a dry eye condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a member having a first portion accommodated in the housing, and a second portion that is moveable relative to the housing, wherein the second portion is for placement outside the individual, and is configured to oscillate to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion; and a motor in the housing, the motor configured to cause the member to undergo bending action in a reciprocating manner to oscillate the second portion of the member at an oscillation frequency sufficient to induce tear production when the second portion of the member is applied towards a surface of the body portion.

Therapeutic handheld devices for disorders

A handheld device for applying mechanical vibration to a body portion of an individual to treat a dry eye condition of the individual, includes: a housing; a member having a first portion accommodated in the housing, and a second portion that is moveable relative to the housing, wherein the second portion is for placement outside the individual, and is configured to oscillate to apply the mechanical vibration to the body portion, the member having an elongated configuration; and a motor in the housing, the motor configured to oscillate the member at an oscillation frequency sufficient to induce tear production when the second portion of the member is applied towards a surface of the body portion.

Methods and devices are described which allow sound waves to be safely be applied to the eyelid of an eye of a patient or through the eyelid to other structures in the eye or to or through structures in the facial region to effect changes to one or more structures in and around the eye or directly through the cornea or sclera to regions of the eye to treat one or more diseases of the eye.

Therapeutic ultrasound for eye disorders

An ultrasound apparatus is described for externally treating kidney stone in human body. The apparatus has one or more ultrasound imaging transducers, a therapeutic ultrasound transducer, and a processing unit. Optimized delivering of ultrasound energy to the kidney stone from the therapeutic ultrasound transducer is based on real-time tracked state (e.g., position, movement shape, size, or combination thereof) of the kidney stone. The ultrasound imaging transducer(s) is configured to image the stone during the application of the therapy treatment. An optimization algorithm is implemented to control the therapeutic ultrasound transducer to apply different force vectors to the region of the stone. The effect of the vectors in the differing directions with respect to the stone may be detected and input to the optimization algorithm, which optimizes the therapy by adjusting one or more of the vectors. Therefore, less ultrasound energy may be delivered to break the kidney stone, and may reduce the possibility of damaging the surrounding tissues of the kidney stone.

Optimized therapeutic energy delivery

Energy delivery to intraparenchymal regions of the kidney

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Michael Eric Gertner