Patents by Inventor Eliot H. Frank

Eliot H. Frank 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).

  • Probe, system and method for detecting cartilage degeneration
    Patent number: 5246013
    Abstract: A surface probe is disclosed for use in detecting the degree of degeneration in mammalian tissue. The surface probe comprises in combination with each other surface probe means for applying to a surface of the mammalian tissue a force which affects an electrokinetic parameter indicative of the amount of charged specie involved in tissue degeneration and surface detection means for detecting the electrokinetic parameter at the same surface of the mammalian tissue. A method is disclosed for detecting the degree of degeneration in mammalian tissues. Further, a system for diagnosing degenerative changes in cartilage tissue is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eliot H. Frank, Evan P. Salant, Alan J. Grodzinsky