Patents by Inventor Robert M. Lifeso

Robert M. Lifeso 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).

  • Dual radiation targeting system
    Patent number: 5644616
    Abstract: Subsurface regions of an X-ray transparent but optically opaque object (60) are targeted along a visible line of sight (42) obtained by the use of two radiation sources (an X-ray (46) and light beam source, preferably a laser (6)). The central ray from the X-ray source and the light beam are aligned using a calibration fixture (15), one to the other and both with respect to structures (59) internal to the object being imaged to provide the visible line of sight. The system, method and apparatus may be used in surgical applications for selective illumination and sighting to reach specific subsurface members of a patients anatomy by guiding an incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Michael K. Landi, Robert M. Lifeso
  • Dual radiation targeting system
    Patent number: 5212720
    Abstract: Subsurface regions of an X-ray transparent but optically opaque object are targeted along a visible line of sight obtained by the use of two radiation sources (an X-ray and light beam source, preferably a laser). The central ray from the X-ray source and the light beam are aligned using a calibration fixture, one to the other and both with respect to structures internal to the object being imaged to provide the visible line of sight. The system (method and apparatus) may be used in surgical applications for selective illumination and sighting to reach specific subsurface members of a patients anatomy by guiding an incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Research Foundation-State University of N.Y.
    Inventors: Michael K. Landi, Robert M. Lifeso