Patents by Inventor Max Pollermann

Max Pollermann 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: 4200803
    Abstract: In addition to a fixed collimator bore on the upper part of which a detec for gamma rays can be mounted, a lead plug or plate body has mostly conical bores in which angularly adjustable collimator tube bodies are seated. In one embodiment the lower part of the mostly conical bore is widened to provide a ball joint with an enlarged part of a collimator body which permits swiveling in any direction within the limits imposed by the walls of the conical part of the bore in the lead plug. In another embodiment intermediate rotary conical bodies are mounted in the shield plug and the collimator bodies either swivel about a horizontal axis that can be rotated by turning the intermediate body, or else the collimator body itself is a rotary cone frustum with an eccentric collimator bore for adjustment of the angle of inclination of the collimator orientation. The collimator bodies and, if used, the intermediate bodies, are made to contribute to the shielding against disturbing radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Veit Becker, Ludwig Feinendegen, Max Pollermann
  • Patent number: 4027167
    Abstract: An adjustable diaphragm arrangement, or device, for defining an aperture ch confines a beam of radiation, especially for radiation therapy, in which cup shaped diaphragm elements, the edges of which define the edge of the aperture and which elements are concave toward a common point at or near the source of radiation, are tiltably mounted for simultaneous movement to control the size of the aperture, and may, in addition, be rotatable to vary the orientation of the aperture, all of the aforesaid movements being carried out without change in the axis of the beam of radiation. The parts of the device may be formed of a material which strongly absorbs radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Max Pollermann