Patents by Inventor David B. Stout

David B. Stout 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).

  • Method and apparatus for animal positioning in imaging systems
    Patent number: 8342136
    Abstract: An apparatus for imaging an animal includes a first mounting surface, a bed sized to support the animal and releasably secured to or integral with the first mounting surface. The apparatus also includes a plurality of straps, each having a first end in a fixed position relative to the bed and a second end for tightening around a limb of the animal. A method for in-vivo imaging of an animal includes providing an animal that has limbs, providing a first mounting surface, and providing a bed removably secured to or integral with the mounting surface and sized to support the animal as well as being coupled to a plurality of straps. The method also includes placing the animal on the bed between the plurality of straps and tightening at least two of the plurality of straps around at least two of the limbs such that the animal is substantially secured in place relative to the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Arion-Xenofon Hadjioannou, David B. Stout, Robert W. Silverman
  • Method and Apparatus for Animal Positioning in Imaging Systems
    Publication number: 20090000567
    Abstract: An apparatus for imaging an animal includes a first mounting surface, a bed sized to support the animal and releasably secured to or integral with the first mounting surface. The apparatus also includes a plurality of straps, each having a first end in a fixed position relative to the bed and a second end for tightening around a limb of the animal. A method for in-vivo imaging of an animal includes providing an animal that has limbs, providing a first mounting surface, and providing a bed removably secured to or integral with the mounting surface and sized to support the animal as well as being coupled to a plurality of straps. The method also includes placing the animal on the bed between the plurality of straps and tightening at least two of the plurality of straps around at least two of the limbs such that the animal is substantially secured in place relative to the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Arion-Xenofon Hadjioannou, David B. Stout, Robert W. Silverman