Patents by Inventor Barbara ULREICH

Barbara ULREICH 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: 11295872
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can be recycled while maintaining sufficient image quality characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Patent number: 11200999
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can improve resolution. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panels include inorganic storage phosphor material with specific extrudable blue dye (copper phthalocyanine) for resolution greater than 16 line pairs per mm. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panel embodiments include any non-needle storage phosphor panel with resolution greater than or equal to 19 line pairs per mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Patent number: 11069454
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced noise. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a copper phthalocyanine based blue dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Publication number: 20200279667
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can improve resolution. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panels include inorganic storage phosphor material with specific extrudable blue dye (copper phthalocyanine) for resolution greater than 16 line pairs per mm. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panel embodiments include any non-needle storage phosphor panel with resolution greater than or equal to 19 line pairs per mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Publication number: 20200279668
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced noise. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a copper phthalocyanine based blue dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffrey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Publication number: 20180374598
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can be recycled while maintaining sufficient image quality characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Publication number: 20180372888
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a blue dye, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced leaching rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Seshadri JAGANNATHAN, Charles M. RANKIN, Lawrence D. FOLTS, Barbara ULREICH, Betsy J. GUFFEY, Jean-Marc INGLESE
  • Publication number: 20180372889
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced tearing or grinding resistance. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a copper phthalocyanine based blue dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese
  • Publication number: 20180374597
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced defects. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the inorganic storage phosphor material has 95% of the particles of a certain size range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Seshadri Jagannathan, Charles M. Rankin, Lawrence D. Folts, Barbara Ulreich, Betsy J. Guffey, Jean-Marc Inglese