Patents by Inventor T. Anh Le

T. Anh Le 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: 7288075
    Abstract: Impression devices are provided for making an impression of a desired feature. The impression devices include: a flexible bladder having a cavity formed therein, the flexible bladder being capable of conforming to the details of the desired feature; a rheological material, such as a magnetorheological fluid, disposed in the cavity of the flexible bladder; and an activator for applying an external stimulus to the rheological material to change the state of the rheological material and thereby capture an impression of the desired feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailendra K. Parihar, Thomas P. Ryan, Timothy Dietz, Parris S. Wellman, Kevin S. Weadock, T. Anh Le, Peter Douglas, Simon Cohn, Daniel Gordon, Rajesh Pendekanti, Raghuveer Basude, Robert S. Casar, Howard A. Stone
  • Publication number: 20040002665
    Abstract: Impression devices are provided for making an impression of a desired feature. The impression devices include: a flexible bladder having a cavity formed therein, the flexible bladder being capable of conforming to the details of the desired feature; a rheological material, such as a magnetorheological fluid, disposed in the cavity of the flexible bladder; and an activator for applying an external stimulus to the rheological material to change the state of the rheological material and thereby capture an impression of the desired feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Shailendra K. Parihar, Thomas P. Ryan, Timothy Dietz, Parris S. Wellman, Kevin S. Weadock, T. Anh Le, Peter Douglas, Simon Cohn, Daniel Gordon, Rajesh Pendekanti, Raghuveer Basude, Robert S. Casar, Howard A. Stone