Inventor
Charles A. Cain
Inventor
Ann Arbor, MI, US
Overview
Patents· 20 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
A61Bprimary
A61BDiagnosis34%
A61NElectrotherapy26%
A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body10%
G10KSound-producing devices8%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties4%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification4%
A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels2%
B06BMethods or apparatus for generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency, e.g. for performing mechanical work in general2%
B33YAdditive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3d printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering2%
G01SRadio direction-finding2%
PatentTitleYear
11,058,399Bubble-induced color doppler feedback during histotripsy202110,780,298Histotripsy using very short monopolar ultrasound pulses202010,219,815Histotripsy for thrombolysis201910,071,266Lesion generation through bone using histotripsy therapy without aberration correction20189,943,708Automated control of micromanipulator arm for histotripsy prostate therapy while imaging via ultrasound transducers in real time20189,901,753'Ultrasound lithotripsy and histotripsy for using controlled bubble cloud cavitation in fractionating urinary stones'20189,642,634'Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy'20179,636,133'Method of manufacturing an ultrasound system'20179,526,923'Disposable acoustic coupling medium container'20169,144,694'Lesion generation through bone using histotripsy therapy without aberration correction'20159,061,131'Disposable acoustic coupling medium container'20158,539,813'Gel phantoms for testing cavitational ultrasound (histotripsy) transducers'20138,057,408'Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy'20116,852,082'Apparatus and methods for performing non-invasive vasectomies'20056,413,216'Method and assembly for performing ultrasound surgery using cavitation'20026,309,355'Method and assembly for performing ultrasound surgery using cavitation'20016,128,958'Phased array system architecture'20005,590,657'Phased array ultrasound system and method for cardiac ablation'19974,865,042'Ultrasonic irradiation system'19894,549,533'Apparatus and method for generating and directing ultrasound'1985Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1985–1989Based in Urbana, IL, US· patent location history
1997–2015Patents assigned to UNIV MICHIGAN (8)· patent assignee history
1997–2021Based in Ann Arbor, MI, US· patent location history
2011–2019Patents assigned to CAIN CHARLES A (8)· patent assignee history
2011–2019Patents assigned to XU ZHEN (6)· patent assignee history
2011–2018Patents assigned to ROBERTS WILLIAM W (5)· patent assignee history
2016–2021Patents assigned to UNIV MICHIGAN REGENTS (9)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| UNIV MICHIGAN REGENTS | 9 | 2016–2021 |
| CAIN CHARLES Aself | 8 | 2011–2019 |
| UNIV MICHIGAN | 8 | 1997–2015 |
| XU ZHEN | 6 | 2011–2019 |
| ROBERTS WILLIAM W | 5 | 2011–2018 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor, MI, US | 18 | 1997–2021 |
| Urbana, Illinois, US | 2 | 1985–1989 |