Patents by Inventor Paul Kurn

Paul Kurn 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).

  • Installation for scanning a leg or other limb of an animal with a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
    Publication number: 20050088178
    Abstract: An installation for enabling the scanning of a leg (5) of a horse (8) with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device comprises a floor section (90) on which the horse (8) stands with the leg to be scanned. The floor section (90) is mounted above a support surface (10) for the MRI device and includes at least one floor member which is moveable to expose an opening for accommodating a magnetic scanning element (1) adjacent the leg. The floor section (90) may have three moveable floor members and either pair of adjacent floor members may be moveable to expose a pair of slots or openings for accommodating the magnetic scanning element (1) on opposite sides of the leg supported on the floor section (90) between the pair of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bolas, Richard Hockley, Paul Kurn