Patents by Inventor Philip Daniel Allen

Philip Daniel Allen 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
  • 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