Patents by Inventor Ross Heath

Ross Heath 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).

  • Photodynamic therapy light diffuser
    Patent number: 6366719
    Abstract: An optical light diffuser providing a generally cylindrical pattern of light emission. The diffuser is formed from an optical fiber operable to transmit the optical radiation from its proximal end to its distal end and having a guiding core and a cladding surrounding the core. The optical fiber has an abraded section at its distal end that allows light to escape uniformly over the abraded section forming a generally cylindrical pattern of diffuse light that surrounds the distal end of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Miravant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Heath, Mark Purter, Patrick Stephens