Patents by Inventor John P. Morahn

John P. Morahn 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).

  • Endoscopic light source safety and control system with optical sensor
    Patent number: 7556414
    Abstract: An endoscope light source safety system, including visible light transmitted along an illumination path, one or more sources for providing radiation along at least a portion of the illumination path, an optical element for combining the radiation from said one or more sources into the illumination path, an illumination attenuator connectable to the illumination path for receiving said visible light and the radiation, a reflector connected to said illumination attenuator for transmitting said visible light and returning at least a portion of the radiation, and one or more detectors for receiving the returned radiation from said reflector and for generating a signal indicative of the receipt of visible light by said illumination attenuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Hopkins, Dana J. Landry, John P. Morahn, Dashiell Birnkrant, Brad A. Picard