Patents by Inventor Kari Vaino, Tapio Piipponen

Kari Vaino, Tapio Piipponen 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).

  • THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING THE FOCUS OF RADIATION INTO A MOVING TARGET ZONE
    Publication number: 20130211482
    Abstract: A therapeutic apparatus (300, 400, 500, 600) comprising: a therapeutic system (302, 402) for treating a target zone (304) of a subject (306), wherein the therapeutic system has an adjustable focus for directing radiation (410) into the target zone; a respiration sensor (308, 310, 416, 424) for measuring a respiratory phase of the subject; a processor (322) for controlling the therapeutic apparatus; and a memory (326, 328) containing machine executable instructions (340, 342, 344, 346, 348, 350, 352) for execution by the processor, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to: send (100, 206) control signals to the therapeutic system that cause treatment of the target zone, receive (102, 208) time-dependant-respiratory-phase-data (330) from the respiration sensor, generate (104, 210) focus-adjustment-control-signals in accordance with the time-dependant-respiratory-phase-data, and send (106, 212) the focus-adjustment-control-signals to the therapeutic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Kari Vaino, Tapio Piipponen