Patents by Inventor Hugh Devlin

Hugh Devlin 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).

  • Method for indicating a characteristic of bone mineral density
    Patent number: 9824439
    Abstract: A method of generating an indication of at least one characteristic of a patient's bone mineral density. The method comprises obtaining at least one measurement of a width of a patient's inferior mandibular cortex and generating said indication based upon said at least one measurement. The at least one measurement is obtained at a location along the inferior mandibular cortex between the ante-gonion and a point on the inferior mandibular cortex defined with reference to the mental foramen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Manchester Imaging Limited
    Inventors: Philip Daniel Allen, Keith Horner, Jim Graham, Hugh Devlin
  • Image analysis method
    Patent number: 8737706
    Abstract: A method for detecting indications of dental caries in an image of a tooth. The method comprises fitting a model to the image to identify a part of the image representing an outside edge of the tooth. Image variations are analyzed in an area of the image to detect said indications of dental caries, the area of the image representing a part of the tooth and being defined with reference to the fitted model. Data is then generated indicating the presence of dental caries based upon the analyzed image variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: James Graham, Hugh Devlin
  • IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20120171634
    Abstract: A method for detecting indications of dental caries in an image of a tooth. The method comprises fitting a model to the image to identify a part of the image representing an outside edge of the tooth. Image variations are analysed in an area of the image to detect said indications of dental caries, the area of the image representing a part of the tooth and being defined with reference to the fitted model. Data is then generated indicating the presence of dental caries based upon the analysed image variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: James Graham, Hugh Devlin
  • METHOD FOR INDICATING A CHARACTERISTIC OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY
    Publication number: 20100215229
    Abstract: A method of generating an indication of at least one characteristic of a patient's bone mineral density. The method comprises obtaining at least one measurement of a width of a patient's inferior mandibular cortex and generating said indication based upon said at least one measurement. The at least one measurement is obtained at a location along the inferior mandibular cortex between the ante-gonion and a point on the inferior mandibular cortex defined with reference to the mental foramen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    Inventors: Philip Daniel Allen, Keith Horner, Jim Graham, Hugh Devlin
  • Fire truck-shaped juice container
    Patent number: D624828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Lawrence Brogan, Hugh Devlin
  • Car-shaped juice container
    Patent number: D638305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence Brogan, Hugh Devlin
  • Fire house-shaped holder for juice container
    Patent number: D641618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventors: Hugh Devlin, Lawrence Brogan