Patents by Inventor Ronald Ratner

Ronald Ratner 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).

  • Patent number: 4824237
    Abstract: A vision and hand/eye coordination testing machine includes a front panel sub-divided into a grid-like array. Each array position is either a lamp position or a dummy position, the two being visually indistinguishable. Panel lamps are illuminated in one of three alternative modes, namely: a pursuit mode wherein lamps are illuminated according to a prescribed continuous pattern and the subject must follow the pattern by moving his/her eyes; a saccadic hand/eye mode wherein the subject focuses on a centrally located alternating fixator lamp and actuates a switch at array lamp positions; and a second hand/eye mode, similar to the saccadic mode, but the fixator lamp remains off. Timely switch actuations are counted and actuate respective indicators in a remote monitoring unit. In both hand/eye modes the lamps are illuminated in a random or other sequence unrelated to lamp position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: National Capital Center for Sports Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey Ratner, Ronald Ratner, Glenn A. Seifert, Stephen Selwyn, Marvin Zaro