Patents by Inventor C. Hunter Shelden

C. Hunter Shelden 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).

  • Patent number: 4638798
    Abstract: A stereotactic method and apparatus for treating a region of a patient's body defines points in the region using a three-dimensional coordinate system with reference to a ring attached to the patient for establishing a reference point for the three-dimensional coordinate system at the center of the ring. The same ring and reference point is then used for stereotactically controlling instruments used to treat the region. The ring is preferably provided with pins extending parallel to the axis of the ring, and equidistant from the center, for precise location of the center and of a base-line scan for correlation between the location of the region to be treated and the control system for treatment of the region. Prior to treatment, a series of noninvasive tomography scans are made through the region and at least part of the pins for determining the coordinates of at least one point of the region selected for the treatment with respect to the center of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Inventors: C. Hunter Shelden, Gilbert D. McCann