Patents by Inventor Grant R. Born

Grant R. Born 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: 4767333
    Abstract: A family of laser evolved models providing laser surgical teaching and proficiency practice targetry. A first model element, comprising a rectangular sheet of laser impervious material having arrays of laser vaporizable markings imprinted thereon, provides targetry for exercising controls of a surgical laser governing spot size and power level of a laser beam therefrom, and of an associated micromanipulator in directing the laser beam to specific target elements of the arrays and in traversing the laser beam across and around each such target element. Further model elements, provided as replicas of portions of the human anatomy, each pre-formed with a plurality of indentations which serve as receptacles for appropriate volumes of a suitable laser vaporizable material simulating laser surgically treatable lesions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Inventor: Grant R. Born
  • Patent number: 4046140
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for photographing the cervix for diagnostic and treatment purposes includes a speculum and a special close-up camera having a ring-shaped flash lamp surrounding its lens aperture. The outer diameter of the speculum is sufficiently large to dilate the vaginal opening and the inner diameter is adapted to surround the cervix. The innermost end of the speculum is beveled for ease of insertion and for positioning over the cervix while the opposite end is adapted for positioning adjacent the flash lamp and lens of the camera. In use, the walls of the speculum act as a fiber-optic system illuminating the cervix. The resulting photograph is actual size such that lesions and other abnormalities may be accurately measured directly on the print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Inventor: Grant R. Born