Patents by Inventor Eric S. Hungness

Eric S. Hungness 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).

  • Fluoroscopy Simulator
    Publication number: 20120100515
    Abstract: An apparatus and machine for more realistically simulating fluoroscopy is disclosed. The apparatus includes a light source, cameras, an artificial lumen, and an access port. The artificial lumen can be comprised of an anterior side and a posterior side. The anterior side of the artificial lumen is opaque to the light source such that light reflects off the anterior side of the artificial lumen to a camera to provide a real-time extra-luminal view of an artificial lumen. The posterior side of the artificial lumen is transparent to the light source such that light passes through it, reflects off the opaque anterior side of the artificial lumen, back through the transparent posterior side of the artificial lumen to a camera to provide a real-time intra-luminal view of an artificial lumen. The cameras can be in electronic communication with video monitors to display the real-time extra-luminal and intra-luminal views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Eric S. Hungness, Taylor J. Reif, Richard A. Rink, Byron F. Santos, Nathaniel J. Soper