Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Staats, Jr.

Wayne L. Staats, Jr. 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).

  • Patient support device
    Patent number: 8122542
    Abstract: A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Tomotherapy Incorporated
    Inventors: Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Ralph J. Gable, Wayne L. Staats, Jr., Brent Harper
  • PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090056022
    Abstract: A method and system configured to substantially synchronize two opposite ends of a table assembly of a radiation therapy treatment system. The system includes a lateral motion control system coupled to the table assembly and configured to detect positions of the two opposite ends of the table assembly and to substantially synchronize the positions as the table assembly is laterally moved with respect to a gantry of the radiation therapy treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Graham T. Reitz, Bradley J. Brunker, Ralph J. Gable, Wayne L. Staats, JR., Brent Harper