Patents by Inventor Hudson Bennett

Hudson Bennett 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).

  • Publication number: 20070153541
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of mounting a light source, such as, for example a high-efficiency, high-power solid state light source (e.g., a LED) within a handle of an endoscope. One of the methods of the present invention includes removing a portion of a package surrounding the light source to expose a light source chip, positioning the exposed light source adjacent to a chassis within the handle and in contact with an end of a light guide bundle, translating the light source with the exposed light source chip about the end of the light guide while measuring light output from an illumination (i.e., distal) end of the light guide bundle with a photodetector, and securing the exposed light source to the chassis at a position in which maximum light output is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Optim, Inc.
    Inventors: Hudson Bennett, Robert Krupa, William LaFlash, Matthew Maher, Thomas Root
  • Publication number: 20060085969
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of mounting a light source, such as, for example a high-efficiency, high-power solid state light source (e.g., a LED) within a handle of an endoscope. One of the methods of the present invention includes removing a portion of a package surrounding the light source to expose a light source chip, positioning the exposed light source adjacent to a chassis within the handle and in contact with an end of a light guide bundle, translating the light source with the exposed light source chip about the end of the light guide while measuring light output from an illumination (i.e., distal) end of the light guide bundle with a photodetector, and securing the exposed light source to the chassis at a position in which maximum light output is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Optim, Inc.
    Inventors: Hudson Bennett, Robert Krupa, William LaFlash, Matthew Maher, Thomas Root