Patents by Inventor Klaus Hruschka

Klaus Hruschka 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).

  • Publication number: 20220087621
    Abstract: A base body of a computed tomography drum is disclosed. In an embodiment, the base body includes at least the following components: a base plate, an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring is arranged concentrically with the outer ring. The outer ring and the inner ring are arranged on the base plate. At least two of the components are configured as separately producible components. Two of the separately producible components are connected to one another by way of at least one of: bonding, welding, riveting, clinching, clinch-bonding and/or rivet-bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Michael SIEBENWEIBER, Jan-Christoph KIESEL, Stefan GROSS, Ralf GAERTNER, Stefan HESL, Klaus HRUSCHKA, Alexander KRAEMER, Riccardo KUNZE, Wolfgang NEUBER, Hubert PLANNERER, Rainer REBER, Guido SCHRAML, Fabian STROBL, Kerstin WALDBACH
  • Patent number: 10813815
    Abstract: A patient-supporting apparatus includes a lifting apparatus. The lifting apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, and a lifting linkage. The lifting linkage connects the upper part to the lower part and has at least one scissors-form sub-linkage having a central articulation. A point of rotation of the central articulation is arranged in a displaceable manner such that the upper part may be tilted in a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Richard Kellner, Philip Materne, Patrick Plannerer
  • Publication number: 20170128303
    Abstract: A patient-supporting apparatus includes a lifting apparatus. The lifting apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, and a lifting linkage. The lifting linkage connects the upper part to the lower part and has at least one scissors-form sub-linkage having a central articulation. A point of rotation of the central articulation is arranged in a displaceable manner such that the upper part may be tilted in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Richard Kellner, Philip Materne, Patrick Plannerer
  • Publication number: 20150328068
    Abstract: A patient-supporting apparatus includes a lifting apparatus. The lifting apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, and a lifting linkage. The lifting linkage connects the upper part to the lower part and has at least one scissors-form sub-linkage having a central articulation. A point of rotation of the central articulation is arranged in a displaceable manner such that the upper part may be tilted in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Richard Kellner, Philip Materne, Patrick Plannerer
  • Patent number: 9105366
    Abstract: An arrangement for an X-ray image system with a grid frame arranged to enable the grid frame to oscillate is provided. The arrangement includes a switch unit, with which an anti-scatter grid inserted into the grid frame may be detected. An X-ray emission is only triggered by the switch unit at a predeterminable activation time if an anti-scatter grid is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber, Philip Materne, Josef Rupprecht
  • Patent number: 9052586
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer housing and a drawer intended for an image-recording device of an x-ray-image device to be placed in the drawer. The arrangement includes a pull-out device, using which the drawer is moveable across a slanting plane while being withdrawn from or inserted into the drawer housing. A floor of the drawer remains parallel to a floor of the drawer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber
  • Publication number: 20130188780
    Abstract: An arrangement for an X-ray image system with a grid frame arranged to enable the grid frame to oscillate is provided. The arrangement includes a switch unit, with which an anti-scatter grid inserted into the grid frame may be detected. An X-ray emission is only triggered by the switch unit at a predeterminable activation time if an anti-scatter grid is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber, Philip Materne, Josef Rupprecht
  • Publication number: 20130129055
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer housing and a drawer intended for an image-recording device of an x-ray-image device to be placed in the drawer. The arrangement includes a pull-out device, using which the drawer is moveable across a slanting plane while being withdrawn from or inserted into the drawer housing. A floor of the drawer remains parallel to a floor of the drawer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber
  • Patent number: 7971295
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a lifting unit for a patient support. The lifting unit includes a base plate, a motor drive, a lifting drive driven by the motor drive and received in the base plate. The lifting drive is adapted to carry out a lifting movement and a movement in the opposite direction. A triggering element is activated when the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate falls below a defined minimum value. The movement of the lifting drive is stopped in response to the activation of the triggering element. If the patient support collides with an obstacle during lifting, the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate is reduced. The reduced pressure is detected by the triggering element and the movement of the patient support is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Dippl, Klaus Hruschka, Mario Ring, Josef Rupprecht
  • Publication number: 20090049613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patient-supporting device for a diagnostic and/or therapeutic appliance, with a bench which is mounted so as to be vertically adjustable, and with a spindle drive which is designed for adjusting the height of the bench. According to the invention, the spindle drive is mounted on a base plate in a ball joint in order to avoid a situation where errors of alignment between spindle nut and spindle can be caused by a patient not being centered on the bench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Dippl, Klaus Hruschka, Mario Ring, Josef Rupprecht
  • Publication number: 20090038073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting unit for a patient support. Said lifting unit comprises a base plate, a motor drive, a lifting drive driven by said motor drive and received in the base plate. Said lifting drive is adapted to carry out a lifting movement and a movement in the opposite direction. A triggering element is activated when the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate falls below a defined minimum value. The movement of the lifting drive is stopped in response to the activation of the triggering element. If the patient support collides with an obstacle during lifting, the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate is reduced. The reduced pressure is detected by the triggering element and the movement of the patient support is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Dippl, Klaus Hruschka, Mario Ring, Josef Rupprecht
  • Patent number: 7452129
    Abstract: An X-ray detector drawer, into which an X-ray detector is insertable in two alternate orientations, has guide elements by which an inserted X-ray detector is fixedly positioned and oriented. The X-ray detector drawer has a securing device, by which an asymmetrical insertion of an X-ray detector with respect to either one of the two alternate orientations is hindered. The securing device includes a blocking element, whose position is altered as a function of the removal of the X-ray detector drawer. A receptacle for the X-ray detector drawer is configured to facilitate a removal the X-ray detector drawer from either of two opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Dippl, Klaus Hruschka, Jochen Miguel Löseken, Peter Rauh, Josef Rupprecht
  • Publication number: 20050148851
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray detector drawer (1), into which an X-ray detector (3) can be inserted in two contrary orientations (A, B), and the X-ray detector drawer (1) has guide elements (5, 7), by which an inserted X-ray detector (3) is fixed with respect to its position and orientation. According to the invention, the X-ray detector drawer (1) has a securing device, by which an insertion of an X-ray detector (3) that is asymmetrical with respect to the two contrary orientations (A, B) can be blocked in one of these orientations (A, B). The securing device may include a blocking element (9, 11), whose position is variable automatically as a function of the removal of the X-ray detector drawer (1). The X-ray detector drawer (1) may be capable of being pulled out in two opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Dippl, Klaus Hruschka, Jochen Loseken, Peter Rauh, Josef Rupprecht