Patents by Inventor Hudson D. Bennett

Hudson D. Bennett 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).

  • LED endoscope illuminator and methods of mounting within an endoscope
    Patent number: 7198397
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of mounting a light source, such as, for example a high-efficiency, high-power solid state light source (e.g., a LED) within a handle of an endoscope. One of the methods of the present invention includes removing a portion of a package surrounding the light source to expose a light source chip, positioning the exposed light source adjacent to a chassis within the handle and in contact with an end of a light guide bundle, translating the light source with the exposed light source chip about the end of the light guide while measuring light output from an illumination (i.e., distal) end of the light guide bundle with a photodetector, and securing the exposed light source to the chassis at a position in which maximum light output is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Optim, Inc.
    Inventors: Hudson D. Bennett, Robert J. Krupa, William F. LaFlash, Matthew G. Maher, Thomas V. Root
  • Control handle for a portable endoscopic device
    Patent number: D561336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Optim, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Laflash, Thomas V. Root, Matthew G. Maher, Hudson D. Bennett, Jason Wallace, Robert J. Krupa