Patents by Inventor Dale Sayers

Dale Sayers 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).

  • Diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging of articular cartilage
    Patent number: 6577708
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an image of an object, particularly a soft tissue material. A generated x-ray beam is transmitted through the soft tissue material. A transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. An image of the object is detected from a beam diffracted from the crystal analyzer either at or near a peak of a rocking curve of the crystal analyzer. The method and system of this invention is particularly useful for analyzing images of cartilage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventors: Leroy Dean Chapman, Moumen O. Hasnah, Oral Oltulu, Zhong Zhong, Juergen Mollenhauer, Carol Muehleman, Klaus Kuettner, Matthias Aurich, Etta D. Pisano, R. Eugene Johnston, William Craig Thomlinson, Dale Sayers
  • Diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging of articular cartilage
    Publication number: 20020027970
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an image of an object, particularly a soft tissue material. A generated x-ray beam is transmitted through the soft tissue material. A transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. An image of the object is detected from a beam diffracted from the crystal analyzer either at or near a peak of a rocking curve of the crystal analyzer. The method and system of this invention is particularly useful for analyzing images of cartilage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Leroy Dean Chapman, Moumen O. Hasnah, Oral Oltulu, Zhong Zhong, Juergen Mollenhauer, Carol Muehleman, Klaus Kuettner, Matthias Aurich, Etta D. Pisano, R. Eugene Johnston, William Craig Thomlinson, Dale Sayers