Patents by Inventor Roger Slater

Roger Slater 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY
    Publication number: 20240099556
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of object enhancement in endoscopy images includes capturing an image of an object within a surgical operative site via an imaging device, determining a size of the object based on the captured image of the object, displaying the captured image of the object, and displaying on the displayed captured image of the object a representation of the determined size of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenlyn S. Bonn, Dustin S. Slater, Justin Rogers, James R. Fagan, Anjali Dhiman, John W. Linebarger, Rayne Robertson, Keith W. Malang, Matthew Savary, Joshua R. Snow, Tyler J. Bagrosky, Luciano Mazzaro, Jason M. Mucilli, Dylan R. Kingsley, Christopher S. Rainieri, Amanda H. Lennartz, Alexandre Linhares Vieira, Kent L. Howe
  • Dispersed particulate composition
    Patent number: 4797440
    Abstract: A composition comprising a dispersion of a finely divided particulate solid in a thermoplastic polymeric organic medium in the presence of a lubricant and a processing additive in which the processing additive comprises an organic compound containing at least one group of the formula:--O--A--CO--wherein A is a divalent aliphatic radical containing 17 carbon atoms, at least 4 of which are directly between the oxygen atom and the carbonyl group.The composition is suitable for blending a particulate solid into a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: John D. Schofield, Roger Slater