Patents by Inventor Willem Bles

Willem Bles 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: 6613003
    Abstract: Device for performing a test supplementary to neurological examination, which determines whether a cervical acceleration injury has occurred, which device comprises a platform connected non-movably to a fixed ground for supporting a person, a visually manipulable environment in which the person is placed, in addition to sensors connected to the platform and/or to the person for measuring postural corrections of the person, and computing means connected to the sensors, wherein means are arranged for comparing the values generated by the sensors with standard values in order to obtain a measure for the visual dependency of the person; and a method of determining a cervical acceleration injury. With the invention measurements can be performed in objective manner with which an objective judgment in respect of the presence of a cervical acceleration injury in the person in question can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hollandse Exploitatie Maatschappij B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Bles, Joachim Lok, Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney De Jong