Patents by Inventor Sandra L. Brown

Sandra L. Brown 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).

  • Miniature C-arm apparatus with dual video display monitor and single driver interface therefor
    Patent number: 6256374
    Abstract: An x-ray fluoroscopic imaging system including a portable cabinet, a monitor having two video displays, a support arm, an articulated arm assembly connecting the support arm to the cabinet, a C-arm carried by the support arm assembly, an x-ray source and detector located at opposing locations on the C-arm, and a control panel mounted on the source or the detector, wherein the two displays are SVGA multiscan CRTs, mounted in a single rotating enclosure, which provide certain functions of the imaging system. A single driver interface is provided for the two displays for 100% synchronous operation of both displays to display images required by the fluoroscopic imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: FluoroScan Imaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry J. Tomasetti, Sandra L. Brown, William E. Higgins
  • Miniature C-arm apparatus with C-arm mounted controls
    Patent number: 6234672
    Abstract: Mini C-arm apparatus for x-ray fluoroscopic imaging having a base or cabinet, an articulated arm assembly connected thereto, a support arm assembly carried by the articulated arm assembly, a C-arm slidably mounted in the support arm assembly, and an x-ray source assembly including an x-ray source and an image receptor assembly including an image receptor respectively mounted at opposed locations on the C-arm such that x-rays emitted by the x-ray source impinge on the image receptor, wherein one of the source and image receptor assemblies includes a control panel that permits activation of predefined functions of the x-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: FluoroScan Imaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry J. Tomasetti, Sandra L. Brown, Scott M. Keane
  • Collapsible crafting frame with storage compartment base
    Patent number: 5293704
    Abstract: A portable crafting frame includes carding strips to releasable support fabric while stretched across a window opening to allow access to opposite sides of the cloth. Front and back pairs of legs are pivotally supported by notches in upstanding walls in a hollow interior of the crafting frame at the underside and facing toward a base where the legs snap in notches formed in walls. The crafting frame is restrained against forward and aft movement by abutment walls in the frames and base that engage the legs in an operative positions. The legs can be released from the base pivoted against the bottom of the crafting frame to allow storage of the crafting frame in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Inventor: Sandra L. Brown