Patents by Inventor Nick DINKEL

Nick DINKEL 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).

  • Anti-scatter collimator and method for producing an anti-scatter collimator
    Patent number: 11476013
    Abstract: An anti-scatter collimator is for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the anti-scatter collimator includes collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction. The collimator walls are mutually spaced to provide a through-channel between each pair of adjacent collimator walls. The through-channels provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls are at least partially filled with a filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Woelfel, Michael Teuber, Nick Dinkel, Barbara Hintz
  • ANTI-SCATTER COLLIMATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANTI-SCATTER COLLIMATOR
    Publication number: 20210280335
    Abstract: An anti-scatter collimator is for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the anti-scatter collimator includes collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction. The collimator walls are mutually spaced to provide a through-channel between each pair of adjacent collimator walls. The through-channels provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls are at least partially filled with a filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan WOELFEL, Michael TEUBER, Nick DINKEL, Barbara HINTZ