Patents by Inventor Grant Thomson

Grant Thomson 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).

  • Spectrometer apparatus
    Patent number: 7433036
    Abstract: An imaging infrared spectrometer system includes an ATR unit (10) having a sample window (12) above an optical system (19) that directs radiation through the window onto the sample and directs radiation from the sample via corrective optics (40) to an imaging detector (4). The corrective optics is in the form of a wedge-shape prism (40) with a reflective surface (28) and is located near a focus of the optical system (19). The wedge prism (40) is effective to correct the focal plane orientation and anamorphic magnification at the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Smiths Group PLC
    Inventors: Grant Thomson, Graham Poulter
  • Spectrometer apparatus
    Publication number: 20060261274
    Abstract: An imaging infraed spectrometer system includes an ATR unit (10) having a sample window (12) above an optical system (19) that directs radiation through the window onto the sample and directs radiation from the sample via corrective optics (40) to an imaging detector (4). The corrective optics is in the form of a wedge-shape prism (40) with a reflective surface (28) and is located near a focus of the optical system (19). The wedge prism (40) is effective to correct the focal plane orientation and anamorphic magnification at the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Smiths Group PLC
    Inventors: Grant Thomson, Graham Poulter
  • Portable intensive care unit
    Patent number: 6195821
    Abstract: A self contained manually portable intensive care unit for adults has a housing with a first minor compartment holding medical equipment at one end and a second minor compartment holding medical equipment at an opposite end, medical equipment is located between the minor compartments in predetermined positions to provide a generally balanced assembly. Oxygen storage bottles are retained on one side of a longitudinal medial region while other equipment are retained on the other side of the longitudinal medial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Buchanan Aircraft Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: David Hall, John Charles Grant-Thomson
  • Portable intensive care unit with medical equipment
    Patent number: 5918331
    Abstract: A stretcher style mobile intensive care unit including an elongated hollow housing having an upper patient support table. The housing being adapted to hold at a location below the support table, a range of medical equipment. The range of medical equipment being customarily required for emergency care. The unit has four handles so that it is able to be carried like a stretcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Buchanan Aircraft Corporation Limited
    Inventors: David Hall, John Charles Grant-Thomson