Inventor

Hewlett E. Melton, Jr.

Inventor

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Overview

30→

Patents

1989–2016

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 30 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary

A61BDiagnosis28%

G01SRadio direction-finding13%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties9%

G10KSound-producing devices7%

B06BMethods or apparatus for generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency, e.g. for performing mechanical work in general6%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data4%

A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body3%

A61NElectrotherapy3%

G01PMeasuring linear or angular speed, acceleration, deceleration, or shock3%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus3%

PatentTitleYear

9,360,445'Relative humidity and condensation measurement with a capacitive humidity sensor'2016 7,780,631'Apparatus and method for penetration with shaft having a sensor for sensing penetration depth'2010 7,422,563'Multifunctional tip catheter for applying energy to tissue and detecting the presence of blood flow'2008 6,717,598'Medical navigator and systems therefor'2004 6,514,220'Non focussed method of exciting and controlling acoustic fields in animal body parts'2003 6,391,005'Apparatus and method for penetration with shaft having a sensor for sensing penetration depth'2002 6,367,314'Functional status assessment scale'2002 6,276,196'Thermometric vapor sensor with evaporation surface having micropores'2001 6,202,480'Thermometric vapor sensor with evaporation surface having micropores'2001 6,190,323'Direct contact scanner and related method'2001 6,038,465'Telemedicine patient platform'2000 5,800,358'Undersampled omnidirectional ultrasonic flow detector'1998 5,684,623'Narrow-band tunable optical source'1997 5,553,035'Method of forming integral transducer and impedance matching layers'1996 5,509,417'Method and apparatus for phased array coupling ultrasonic energy into an acoustic waveguide wire'1996 5,485,845'Rotary encoder for intravascular ultrasound catheter'1996 5,485,843'Acoustic arrays and methods for sensing fluid flow'1996 5,419,328'Mean squared speed and myocardial performance'1995 5,415,171'Phase imaging and myocardial performance'1995 5,400,788'Apparatus that generates acoustic signals at discrete multiple frequencies and that couples acoustic signals into a cladded-core acoustic waveguide'1995 5,396,143'Elevation aperture control of an ultrasonic transducer'1995 5,381,067'Electrical impedance normalization for an ultrasonic transducer array'1995 5,375,600'Ultrasonic frequency-domain system and method for sensing fluid flow'1994 5,373,848'Ultrasonic time-domain method for sensing fluid flow'1994 5,352,582'Holographic based bio-assay'1994 5,313,946'Method and apparatus for the characterization of tissue or other structure'1994 5,284,148'Intracavity ultrasound diagnostic probe using fiber acoustic waveguides'1994 5,195,521'Tissue measurements'1993 5,103,824'Tissue measurements'1992 4,873,984'Techniques for calculating ultrasonic integrated backscatter using frequency or time domain techniques'1989

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1989–1998Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD CO (18)· patent assignee history

1989Based in Andover, MA, US· patent location history

1992–2016Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history

1994Based in Montclair, CA, US· patent location history

1997Based in Sunyvale, CA, US· patent location history

2000–2004Patents assigned to AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC (6)· patent assignee history

2001Patents assigned to AGIELNT TECHNOLOGIES (1)· patent assignee history

2008Patents assigned to BRONCUS TECH INC (1)· patent assignee history

2016Patents assigned to CARLSEN JR WILLIAM F (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
HEWLETT PACKARD CO	18	1989–1998
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC	6	2000–2004
AGIELNT TECHNOLOGIES	1	2001
BRONCUS TECH INC	1	2008
CARLSEN JR WILLIAM F	1	2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Sunnyvale, California, US	26	1992–2016
Montclair, California, US	2	1994
Sunyvale, California, US	1	1997
Andover, Massachusetts, US	1	1989