Patents by Inventor Jaap Knoester
Jaap Knoester 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).
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Publication number: 20240023901Abstract: There is a need for techniques to avoid or reduce motion artifacts in medical images. According to the invention, there is provided control circuitry for a medical imaging system. The control circuitry is configured to control the medical imaging system to provide synchronized display and nudging to provide a patient with information on the progress of a scan. In this way, patient anxiety may be reduced by providing the patient with a sense of time during the scan, leading to a reduction in motion artifacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Rithesh Sreenivasan, Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy, Sudipta Chaudhury, Jaap Knoester, Gereon Vogtmeier, Steffen Weiss
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Patent number: 11754649Abstract: The invention is directed to a sensor system (100) for increasing security of a use of at least one magnetic object (102) in vicinity of an MR imaging device (200), wherein at least one magnetic property of the magnetic object (102) can be measure and evaluated in order to increase the safe use of the magnetic object (102) within MR environments.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johan Partomo Djajadiningrat, Michael Gunter Helle, Gereon Vogtmeier, Steffen Weiss, Jaap Knoester
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Publication number: 20230255590Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300, 500) comprising: a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions, at least one set of predetermined coordinates (124), and a position identifying algorithm (122). The position identifying algorithm is configured for outputting a set of current coordinates (128) for each of the at least one set of predetermined coordinates in response to receiving a current image descriptive of an object (306, 310). The execution of machine executable instructions (120) causes a computational system (104) to repeatedly receive (200) a current image (126) from a camera system (304).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: ELISE CLAUDE VALENTINE TALGORN, MONIQUE HENDRIKS, TOMQ DJAJADININGRAT, NIELS LAUTE, JAAP KNOESTER, HYELIN LEE, REINOUD BOSMAN
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Publication number: 20220308135Abstract: The invention is directed to a sensor system (100) for increasing security of a use of at least one magnetic object (102) in vicinity of an MR imaging device (200), wherein at least one magnetic property of the magnetic object (102) can be measure and evaluated in order to increase the safe use of the magnetic object (102) within MR environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: JOHAN PARTOMO DJAJADININGRAT, MICHAEL GUNTER HELLE, GEREON VOGTMEIER, STEFFEN WEISS, JAAP KNOESTER
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Publication number: 20190066538Abstract: A portable medical apparatus (70) for real-time individualized treatment guidance for a subject (120) comprises a user interface (72), a communications module (74), and a controller (76). The user interface (72) obtains the subject's identification information. The communications module (74) communicates with at least one of (i) a remote server (78) having stored thereon a cloud-based electronic health record that comprises at least the subject's physical body measurements and (ii) a smartphone (80) located within a given immediate proximity of the portable medical apparatus. The communications module (74) further retrieves, in response to the subject's identification information, the cloud-based electronic health record.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2016Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: PEI-YIN CHAO, JAAP KNOESTER, JOHAN PARTOMO DJAJADININGRAT, SeYOUNG KIM, MARLEEN JOHANNA JACOBA VAN LEENGOED, WING LAM LUI
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Patent number: 10094768Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber connector for mating a first group of one or more optical fibers (102) with one or more corresponding optical fibers in a second group of one or more optical fibers (103). The optical fiber connector includes a shutter (105), which prevents the ingress of debris into the connector, and provides an optical reference surface with which to calibrate optical fibers that are inserted into the connector. The optical fiber connector finds application in the general optical fiber field, and more particularly finds application in the medical field in which it may be used to connect optical fibers in a photonic needle application.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans, Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Christian Reich, Johannes Antonius Van Rooij, Jaap Knoester
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Publication number: 20170108430Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber connector for mating a first group of one or more optical fibers (102) with one or more corresponding optical fibers in a second group of one or more optical fibers (103). The optical fiber connector in dudes a shutter (105), which prevents the ingress of debris into the connector, and provides an optical reference surface with which to calibrate optical fibers that are inserted into the connector. The optical fiber connector finds application in the general optical fiber field, and more particularly finds application in the medical field in which it may be used to connect optical fibers in a photonic needle application.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: KLAAS CORNELIS JAN WIJBRANS, GERHARDUS WILHELMUS LUCASSEN, BERNARDUS HENDRIKUS WILHELMUS HENDRIKS, CHRISTIAN REICH, JOHANNES ANTONIUS VAN ROOIJ, JAAP KNOESTER
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Publication number: 20170035387Abstract: The invention relates to a contact determination apparatus for determining a degree of contact between a device (2) and a moving object (3), wherein the contact determination apparatus comprises a motion distribution providing unit for providing a motion distribution being indicative of motion in the surrounding of the device and a contact determination unit (14) for determining a degree of contact between the device and the object based on the provided motion distribution. Since the degree of contact between the device and the object is determined based on the provided motion distribution and not simply based on, for instance, a peak of an A-mode signal, the determination of the degree of contact can be less disturbed by artifacts like ring-down artifacts or by blood scattering, if the object is, for instance, tissue. This can lead to a more accurate determination of the degree of contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Fei ZUO, Godefridus Antonius HARKS, Caifeng SHAN, Szabolcs DELADI, Harm Jan Willem BELT, Jaap KNOESTER
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Patent number: 9417703Abstract: Apparatuses (1) for controlling elements (40-70) possibly shown on screens (31) or items (71) possibly represented by the elements (70) comprise detectors (11-13) for detecting features of objects (2) such as body parts in first and second dimensions and converters (14) for converting first features into actions for the elements (40-70) or the items (71). By making the actions dependent on second features, a number of possibilities is increased. First features may be movements of the objects (2) and second features may be absolute or relative positions of the objects (2). First dimensions may be parallel to the screens (31) and second dimensions may be perpendicular or parallel to the screens (31), or vice versa. Actions may comprise browsing groups (4-6) of elements (40-69) at position dependent speeds or browsing one or more groups (4-6) depending on the positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Paul Kaufholz, Hendirkus Petrus Maria Sterken, Jaap Knoester, Ivo Don Stuyfzand
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Publication number: 20140047395Abstract: Apparatuses (1) for controlling elements (40-70) possibly shown on screens (31) or items (71) possibly represented by the elements (70) comprise detectors (11-13) for detecting features of objects (2) such as body parts in first and second dimensions and converters (14) for converting first features into actions for the elements (40-70) or the items (71). By making the actions dependent on second features, a number of possibilities is increased. First features may be movements of the objects (2) and second features may be absolute or relative positions of the objects (2). First dimensions may be parallel to the screens (31) and second dimensions may be perpendicular or parallel to the screens (31), or vice versa. Actions may comprise browsing groups (4-6) of elements (40-69) at position dependent speeds or browsing one or more groups (4-6) depending on the positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Paul Kaufholz, Hendirkus Petrus Maria Sterken, Jaap Knoester, Ivo Don Stuyfzand