Patents by Inventor Wyatt Saxon

Wyatt Saxon 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).

  • Differential spectroscopic imaging of the human retina
    Patent number: 6709109
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of detecting nerve cell damage representative of glaucoma including the steps of: imaging a human retina in vivo, measuring the reflected light intensity at a first predetermined wavelength wherein values returned from healthy and damaged areas of retina are substantially identical, measuring a second reflected light intensity at a predetermined wavelength wherein values of healthy and damaged retina substantially diverge, and recording the differences between the first and second values, which values are indicative of glaucoma damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: David W. Richards, Dennis K. Killinger, Anali Makoui, Wyatt Saxon