Pioneering Medical Device Patent Portfolio for Sale by ICAP Patent Brokerage

NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage announces for sale an expansive medical device portfolio from Wilk Patent Development Corporation et. al.    

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"This is a strategic portfolio describing an impressive array of portable, inexpensive, and minimally invasive inventions, and, therefore, is highly relevant to companies producing medical devices for diagnostics, surgery and/or treatment," says Dean Becker, CEO of ICAP Patent Brokerage.

Key Characteristics & Benefits
With priority dates from 1991, this extensive portfolio – including nineteen (19) U.S. granted patents – provides broad coverage for a range of medical techniques and associated instruments related to diagnostics and surgery. Importantly, the portfolio also includes forty expired assets that fall within a six year window from expiry, allowing a prospective purchaser to assert the entire portfolio's patent rights. The following represent a sampling of the assets in the portfolio:

• Compact, portable device that remotely determines an individual's emotional and/or metabolic state by wirelessly transmitting waveform energy, detecting the energy emitted or returned by the individual, and analyzing a range of physiological parameters, including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, pupil size, and perspiration.
• Method and device for laparoscopic surgery that allows a surgeon to configure and manipulate a plurality of instruments without increasing the number of perforations to the abdomen, thereby minimizing trauma to the patient and accelerating recovery.
• Ultrasonic imaging system and method that utilizes mechanical pressure waves to obtain data pertaining to internal tissues and organ structure; effectively simulating a direct natural viewing of the internal features of a subject.

See the patent portfolio summary of this medical device IP sales offering. 

To learn more about the assets available for sale in this portfolio:
Contact Paul Greco of ICAP Patent Brokerage at (212) 815-6692 or via email at [email protected].

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