Patents by Inventor Ian Peter Kellett

Ian Peter Kellett 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Measuring the Dimensions of the Palpable Surface of the Prostate
    Publication number: 20110172563
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring the size of the palpable surface of the prostate in the physician's office. In one embodiment a membrane with a grid pattern is located proximate the prostate. A physician moves a measurement system, formed at the end of the index finger and located in a glove, between opposite margins of the prostate. The measurement system counts the grid elements between the margins that translate into a quantitative measurement of size of the palpable surface of the prostate. In another embodiment an accelerometer attaches to the end of the index finger to produce signals along multiple axes that a processing system converts into a measurement of the size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: MEDICAMETRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Peter Kellett, John R. Erickson, Robert Schelsinger
  • Apparatus and Method for Measuring the Dimensions of the Palpable Surface of the Prostate
    Publication number: 20090069721
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring the size of the palpable surface of the prostate in the physician's office. In one embodiment a membrane with a grid pattern is located proximate the prostate. A physician moves a measurement system, formed at the end of the index finger and located in a glove, between opposite margins of the prostate. The measurement system counts the grid elements between the margins that translate into a quantitative measurement of size of the palpable surface of the prostate. In another embodiment an accelerometer attaches to the end of the index finger to produce signals along multiple axes that a processing system converts into a measurement of the size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ian Peter Kellett, John R. Erickson, Robert Schlesinger
  • Apparatus and method for measuring the dimensions of the palpable surface of the prostate
    Patent number: 7309319
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring the dimensions of the palpable surface of the prostate in the physician's office and calculating prostate volume, rate of growth and changes in rate of growth. A membrane with a grid pattern is located proximate the prostate. A physician moves a measurement system, formed at the end of the index finger and located in a glove, between opposite margins of the prostate. The measurement system counts the grid elements between the margins that translate into a quantitative measurement of size of the palpable surface of the prostate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sensors for Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Peter Kellett, John R. Erickson, Robert Schlesinger