Patents Assigned to The Nomos Corporation
  • Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery
    Patent number: 5269305
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery upon a target within a skull establishes a first, predetermined geometric relationship between a skull mount fixture mounted on the skull and a scanning table surface upon which the skull is supported; and that geometric relationship is duplicated by a displacement bar mounted upon the skull mount fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: The Nomos Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Corol
  • Tissue compensation method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5242372
    Abstract: A tissue compensation system and method for making a tissue compensator utilizes a plurality of elongate rods, one end of which contact the treatment surface on the patient, and the other end of which contact and deform a flexible membrane containing a quantity of a material substantially equivalent to tissue of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: The Nomos Corporation
    Inventor: Mark P. Carol