Patents by Inventor Brad A. Picard

Brad A. Picard 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).

  • Endoscopic light source safety and control system with optical sensor
    Patent number: 7556414
    Abstract: An endoscope light source safety system, including visible light transmitted along an illumination path, one or more sources for providing radiation along at least a portion of the illumination path, an optical element for combining the radiation from said one or more sources into the illumination path, an illumination attenuator connectable to the illumination path for receiving said visible light and the radiation, a reflector connected to said illumination attenuator for transmitting said visible light and returning at least a portion of the radiation, and one or more detectors for receiving the returned radiation from said reflector and for generating a signal indicative of the receipt of visible light by said illumination attenuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Hopkins, Dana J. Landry, John P. Morahn, Dashiell Birnkrant, Brad A. Picard
  • Endoscopic light source safety and control system with optical sensor
    Publication number: 20070093690
    Abstract: An endoscope light source safety system, including visible light transmitted along an illumination path, one or more sources for providing radiation along at least a portion of the illumination path, an optical element for combining the radiation from said one or more sources into the illumination path, an illumination attenuator connectable to the illumination path for receiving said visible light and the radiation, a reflector connected to said illumination attenuator for transmitting said visible light and returning at least a portion of the radiation, and one or more detectors for receiving the returned radiation from said reflector and for generating a signal indicative of the receipt of visible light by said illumination attenuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Karl Storz Endovision
    Inventors: Vernon Hopkins, Dana Landry, John Morahn, Dashiell Birnkrant, Brad Picard