Patents by Inventor Steven R. Slawson
Steven R. Slawson 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).
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Patent number: 9198566Abstract: A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Robert J. Wood
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Patent number: 9153994Abstract: A handheld device includes an electronic instrument and a capacitive power supply for storing and delivering power to the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply includes at least one capacitor, and an electronic circuit operable to boost a voltage from the capacitor to a higher voltage for use by the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply can be rapidly recharged. Some configurations include an accelerometer which permits the handheld device to detect movement and perform various operations responsive to detected movement. A dual charging station is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Wood, Jon R. Salvati, Michael Curry, Michael T. McMahon, Steven R. Slawson
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Publication number: 20150216421Abstract: A thermometry apparatus includes a distal probe tip having a hollow interior. An insulating support is at least partially disposed within the interior of the distal probe tip. The insulating support is configured to receive at least one of at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensing element. According to one version, the insulating support is a flexible circuit strip configured to receive the at least one heating element(s) to protect the leads from damage and premature breakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: John Kroetz, John A. Lane, David E. Quinn, John T. Delaney, Matthew D. Mullin, Matthew J. Kinsley, Steven R. Slawson, Scott A. Martin, David Antos, Doug Stone, William N. Cuipylo, Adam Vallee
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Publication number: 20130338444Abstract: A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: WELCH ALLYN, INC.Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Robert J. Wood
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Patent number: 8459844Abstract: A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Robert J. Wood
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Patent number: 8388523Abstract: A portable medical diagnostic instrument includes an instrument head and a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity. A compact illuminator defined by a housing retaining a miniature light source and a power supply is releasably fitted within the open-ended receiving cavity of the handle portion wherein the light source of the illuminator is optically coupled with the instrument on assembly therewith. The handle portion can be integral with the instrument or releasably attached. The handle portion according to at least one version is made from a plastic or other suitable material, permitting disposability and/or single patient use. In one version, the handle portion is flexibly deformable, at least partially, to facilitate release of the portable illuminator.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Raymond A. Lia, Ian K. Edwards, Thaddeus Wawro, Steven R. Slawson
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Patent number: 8337017Abstract: There is described in one embodiment an eye viewing device for viewing a structure of an eye such as a retina. The eye viewing device can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an eye viewing device can be adapted to facilitate both visual viewing of an eye structure and electronic image capture.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Allan I. Krauter, Steven R. Slawson, William H. Lagerway
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Patent number: 8142352Abstract: A portable illuminator includes a contained power source and an integrally contained light source that is selectively inserted into the handle portion of a vaginal speculum. The portable illuminator includes at least one feature to protect the illuminator from contamination and to prevent users from pinching or snagging gloves or fingers during operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Michael T. McMahon, Steven R. Slawson, Dominick Danna, Allan I. Krauter, Dale C. Saddlemire
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Publication number: 20120002422Abstract: A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Raymond A. Lia, Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Robert J. Wood
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Patent number: 7882928Abstract: A tip for coupling sound between a medical instrument and an ear includes a sealing surface configured to substantially conform the tip to an auditory canal of the ear. The tip includes an acoustic tube acoustically coupled to at least one of the plurality of openings and defining a first acoustic path. The tip also includes a second acoustic path acoustically coupled to at least another one of the plurality of openings in the sealing surface. The acoustic tube of the first acoustic path is configured to substantially acoustically isolate the first acoustic path from the second acoustic path. A tympanometric instrument is configured to use the tip and to provide an acoustic measurement of the ear of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. McMahon, Steven R. Slawson, David C. Woods, Andrew J. Kugler
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Patent number: 7803110Abstract: A veterinary otoscope permitting examination of an ear is defined by an instrument head including a proximal end and a distal insertion portion that is insertable into the ear. The veterinary otoscope includes an imaging lens train disposed within the instrument head, wherein each of the imagine lens train, an eyepiece and a distal opening of said insertion portion are aligned along an optical axis. The veterinary otoscope further includes a focusing mechanism for selectively moving at least one of the imagine lens train and the optics contained within the eyepiece relative to one another along the optical axis. The imagine lens train and the optics in the eyepiece define an optical system such that an entrance pipil is substantially located in the distal insertion portion of the instrument head, thereby enabling the entire tympanic membrane to be viewed at once by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Steven R. Slawson, Eric M. Andreassen, Kimberly E. McNeilly, Elizabeth P. Staples
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Publication number: 20100231856Abstract: There is described in one embodiment an eye viewing device for viewing a structure of an eye such as a retina. The eye viewing device can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an eye viewing device can be adapted to facilitate both visual viewing of an eye structure and electronic image capture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Chris R. Roberts, Allan I. Krauter, Steven R. Slawson, William H. Lagerway
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Patent number: 7784940Abstract: There is described in one embodiment an eye viewing device for viewing a structure of an eye such as a retina. The eye viewing device can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an eye viewing device can be adapted to facilitate both visual viewing of an eye structure and electronic image capture.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Ervin Goldfain, Allan I. Krauter, Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, William H. Lagerway
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Patent number: 7758203Abstract: A portable illuminator includes a contained power source and an integrally contained light source that is selectively inserted into the handle portion of a vaginal speculum. The portable illuminator includes an electrical interface that permits selective connection to at least two electrical devices for purposes of at least one of supplementing, replacing and recharging the contained power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. McMahon, Steven R. Slawson, Dale C. Saddlemire
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Publication number: 20090321177Abstract: A tip for coupling sound between a medical instrument and an ear includes a sealing surface configured to substantially conform the tip to an auditory canal of the ear. The tip includes an acoustic tube acoustically coupled to at least one of the plurality of openings and defining a first acoustic path. The tip also includes a second acoustic path acoustically coupled to at least another one of the plurality of openings in the sealing surface. The acoustic tube of the first acoustic path is configured to substantially acoustically isolate the first acoustic path from the second acoustic path. A tympanometric instrument is configured to use the tip and to provide an acoustic measurement of the ear of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. McMahon, Steven R. Slawson, David C. Woods, Andrew J. Kugler
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Publication number: 20090287192Abstract: A portable medical diagnostic instrument includes an instrument head and a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity. A compact illuminator defined by a housing retaining a miniature light source and a power supply is releasably fitted within the open-ended receiving cavity of the handle portion wherein the light source of the illuminator is optically coupled with the instrument on assembly therewith. The handle portion can be integral with the instrument or releasably attached. The handle portion according to at least one version is made from a plastic or other suitable material, permitting disposability and/or single patient use. In one version, the handle portion is flexibly deformable, at least partially, to facilitate release of the portable illuminator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Raymond A. Lia, Ian K. Edwards, Thaddeus Wawro, Steven R. Slawson
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Patent number: D581566Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Steven R. Slawson, Michael T. McMahon, Susan E. Dubay, Dale C. Saddlemire, Robert L. Vivenzio, Scott W. Osiecki, Donwoong Kang
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Patent number: D584689Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Steven R. Slawson, Michael T. McMahon, Susan E. Dubay, Scott W. Osiecki, Donwoong Kang
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Patent number: D613402Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Chris R. Roberts, Steven R. Slawson, Scott P. Gucciardi, Scott W. Osiecki, Timothy R. Fitch, Ronald J. Kingston
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Patent number: D615650Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: John R. Strom, Steven R. Slawson, Elizabeth P. Staples, Kimberly E. McNeilly, Eric M. Andreassen