Patents by Inventor Howard Reed

Howard Reed 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: 6899442
    Abstract: A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. First and second devices, such as surgical lights, a cameras, and monitors, are mounted to a first end of a first device arm and a first end of a second device arm, respectively. A second end of the first device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis and about the pivot axis. A second end of the second device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis. The pivot axis and the rotation axis are parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Patent number: 6639623
    Abstract: A surgical light apparatus includes a hub assembly configured to be attached to a ceiling, and an arm coupled for pivotal movement about the hub assembly. In certain embodiments, a monitor is mounted on a monitor mount attached to the arm. The monitor mount includes a handle on which a first actuator is mounted. A video input controller is electrically coupled to the monitor. The video input controller includes a first channel input having a video coupling for attachment to a first video input device providing a first video feed, a second channel input having a video coupling for attachment to a second video device providing a second video feed, and a channel controller coupled to the monitor, the first channel input, and the second channel input. The channel controller is coupled to the first actuator and is configured to select a video feed to the monitor in response to actuation of the first actuator. In certain embodiments, a camera mount is mounted to the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrook, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Publication number: 20030021107
    Abstract: A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. First and second devices, such as surgical lights, a cameras, and monitors, are mounted to a first end of a first device arm and a first end of a second device arm, respectively. A second end of the first device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis and about the pivot axis. A second end of the second device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis. The pivot axis and the rotation axis are parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Patent number: 6471363
    Abstract: A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. First and second devices, such as surgical lights, a cameras, and monitors, are mounted to a first end of a first device arm and a first end of a second device arm, respectively. A second end of the first device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis and about the pivot axis. A second end of the second device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis. The pivot axis and the rotation axis are parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Publication number: 20020015296
    Abstract: A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. First and second devices, such as surgical lights, a cameras, and monitors, are mounted to a first end of a first device arm and a first end of a second device arm, respectively. A second end of the first device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis and about the pivot axis. A second end of the second device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis. The pivot axis and the rotation axis are parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Publication number: 20010030683
    Abstract: A surgical light apparatus includes a hub assembly configured to be attached to a ceiling, and an arm coupled for pivotal movement about the hub assembly. In certain embodiments, a monitor is mounted on a monitor mount attached to the arm. The monitor mount includes a handle on which a first actuator is mounted. A video input controller is electrically coupled to the monitor. The video input controller includes a first channel input having a video coupling for attachment to a first video input device providing a first video feed, a second channel input having a video coupling for attachment to a second video device providing a second video feed, and a channel controller coupled to the monitor, the first channel input, and the second channel input. The channel controller is coupled to the first actuator and is configured to select a video feed to the monitor in response to actuation of the first actuator. In certain embodiments, a camera mount is mounted to the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Patent number: 3983365
    Abstract: A perforated tape reading mechanism provides a programmable timing function. A drum rotatable by a synchronous motor carries the tape, and is supplied with a ratchet mechanism which permits the drum to rotate by said motor over a partial rotation and then returns the drum for another such cycle through a selectively variable number of ratcheted steps. A tape reader mechanism senses the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: Television Research Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Howard Reed, Michael Anthony Yates