Patents by Inventor Alan L. Oslan

Alan L. Oslan 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).

  • Patent number: 7171256
    Abstract: A patient support table for breast MRI systems, the table including a base configured to slide into and out of the bore of an MRI system; a patient support member attached to the base and having a top surface shaped to support a patient in a prone position; two breast openings in the patient support member, the breast openings being sized and positioned to permit the patient's breasts to extend downward beneath the patient support member, at least a pair of breast immobilization paddles, one on each side of a breast opening, the immobilization paddles comprising a grid of breast contact elements that contact the breast while providing a plurality of openings through which a surgical tool may be inserted into the breast, and the paddles having a convex curvature along the Z direction (head to toe) so that the breast contacting surface of each paddle is further from the Y-axis center line of the breast opening midway along the Z extent of the paddle than at the Z extremities of the paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Graessle, Alan L. Oslan, Stephen D. Venditti, Gunther Becht, Mathew A. Hass
  • Publication number: 20040030330
    Abstract: A surgical device includes a return electrode, an active electrode, and an insulating region adjacent to the active electrode. A rasping surface is provided by either the active electrode or the insulating region. Another surgical device includes an adapter configured to couple to a generator and to convert monopolar output from the generator into bipolar output. A method of applying electricity to tissue includes bringing a surgical device into close proximity with tissue and applying electricity to the tissue using the surgical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: James L. Brassell, Steven W. Ek, Keith D. Foskitt, Alan P. Gannon, Warren P. Heim, Richard S. Lansil, James E. McCay, Gary R. McCarthy, Michael D. Olichney, Alan L. Oslan, Paul Sabin, Gary Tallent, Javier Verdura, Guy Wilkins, David L. Lockwood