Patents by Inventor Howard Haines, III

Howard Haines, III 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: 8469882
    Abstract: An otoscope includes an instrument head, a tip element and an optical system. The instrument head has a distal insertion portion for insertion into an ear of a human or veterinary subject. The distal insertion portion has a distal opening. The tip element is releasably attached to the distal insertion portion. The tip element has a distal opening. The optical system is contained within the instrument head. The optical system includes a plurality of optical components. The optical system further comprises a viewing component for viewing of an image of a target of interest aligned along an optical axis disposed within said distal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Andreassen, David M. Fallat, Ervin Goldfain, John R. Strom, John T. Delaney, Howard Haines, III, Corinn C. Fahrenkrug, Cynthia A. Kuiper
  • Publication number: 20120065473
    Abstract: An otoscope includes an instrument head, a tip element and an optical system. The instrument head has a distal insertion portion for insertion into an ear of a human or veterinary subject. The distal insertion portion has a distal opening. The tip element is releasably attached to the distal insertion portion. The tip element has a distal opening. The optical system is contained within the instrument head. The optical system includes a plurality of optical components. The optical system further comprises a viewing component for viewing of an image of a target of interest aligned along an optical axis disposed within said distal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: Eric M. Andreassen, David M. Fallat, Ervin Goldfain, John R. Strom, John T. Delaney, Howard Haines, III, Corinn Fahrenkrug, Cynthia A. Kuiper
  • Patent number: 8066634
    Abstract: A digital otoscope for capturing live and still digital images of body tissue and having associated optical characteristics that improve the quality of visual information gathered for medical inspection of both human and veterinary subjects. The digital otoscope includes a tip element having dimensions that are small enough to fit into a small body cavity, such as an ear canal. The tip element and the otoscope enclose an assembly of optical components yielding optical characteristics that provide a substantially wide field of view and a substantially wide range of optimal focus from which to form visual information within a small and confined body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Andreassen, David M. Fallat, Ervin Goldfain, John R. Strom, John T. Delaney, Howard Haines, III, Corinn Fahrenkrug, Cynthia A. Kuiper
  • Patent number: 6007204
    Abstract: Apparatus for determining refractive aberrations of the eye of a patient includes an instrument housing having a light source for projecting a substantially focused beam of light at the back of the eye of a patient, said substantially focused beam acting as a secondary source for a return light path of a fonned outgoing wavefront exiting said eye. An electronic sensor is disposed along said light return path, said electronic sensor having a light detecting surface disposed perpendicular to said return light path, and at least one microoptics array disposed between the electronic sensor and the eye along said return light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Corinn C. Fahrenkrug, Ervin Goldfain, Andrew J. Kugler, David G. Perkins, Howard A. Haines, III, William N. Cuipylo
  • Patent number: D472637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin G. Cooper, Benjamin Zombek, Steven R. Slawson, Michael McMahon, James Herrmann, Rick Farchione, Howard Haines, III
  • Patent number: D598545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Haines, III, Corinn Fahrenkrug, Eric M. Andreassen, David M. Fallat, Ervin Goldfain, John R. Strom, John Delaney