Patents by Inventor Sebastian Schmidt

Sebastian Schmidt 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: 20170103523
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to a reconstructing an image of an examination object, a medical imaging apparatus, and a computer program product where a first image data record is acquired with a first imaging modality and at least one further image data record of at least one further imaging modality is provided. At least one first image is reconstructed on the basis of the first image data record using the at least one further image data record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Arne Hengerer, Michael Kaus, Elena Nioutsikou, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9572493
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for displaying signal values of a combined magnetic resonance positron emission tomography device. In at least one embodiment, the spatial correspondence of signal values, which result from a magnetic resonance measurement, and of signal values, which result from a positron emission tomography measurement, are used and the corresponding signal values are arranged in matrix form and displayed graphically as a multi-dimensional scatter plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Fenchel, Björn Heismann, Kirstin Jattke, Ralf Ladebeck, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170031239
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a reticle is provided. The reticle may include a feature. The feature may include a base structure, and a step structure. The a step structure includes a center region and an edge region. The center region includes, in a top view, a larger width than the edge region. The step structure is configured to be arranged over a topography step of a substrate to be lithographically processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian SCHMIDT, Martina SEIDER-SCHMIDT, Peter IRSIGLER, Oliver HELLMUND
  • Publication number: 20160333233
    Abstract: The intention is to provide powerful pressure sensitive adhesives with high adhesion and adjustable cohesive failure characteristics. This is accomplished with pressure sensitive adhesives which comprise 30-90 wt % of at least one poly(meth)acrylate; 10-60 wt % of three-dimensional bodies K made from an inorganic material with a maximum extent of 40 to 300 ?m; and 0.1-10 wt % of at least partly expanded microballoons M, based in each case on the total weight of the pressure sensitive adhesive. Another subject of the invention is an adhesive tape which comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Aliona Melnikova, Sven Hansen, Bernhard Müssig, Sebastian Schmidt-Lehr
  • Patent number: 9492061
    Abstract: An endoscopy system has an endo-robot that is navigable within an anatomical lumen of a patient by interacting with a magnetic field generated by an extracorporeal magnet system. The patient lies on a patient bed that is movable in one or more directions and/or orientations, and an obstacle detects objects in the movement path of the endo-robot in the anatomical lumen and produces a signal that causes the position and/or orientation of the patient bed to be altered dependent thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Abraham-Fuchs, Rainer Graumann, Rainer Kuth, Johannes Reinschke, Rudolf Röckelein, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9457736
    Abstract: A pillar covering for motor vehicles is described. The cover has a carrier part having a projected integrated window guide web and a projecting mounting element, an elevated circular, oval, or polygonal surface structure on the window guide web and/or the mounting element, and a polymer cover part connected to the carrier part via a contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Sebastian Schmidt, Luc-Henry Blanche, Ulrich Riegler
  • Patent number: 9421922
    Abstract: A pillar covering for motor vehicles is described. The pillar covering has a carrier part with an integrated window guide web and a mounting element, a narrowing at the point of contact between the window guide web and the carrier part (1), and a cover part connected to the carrier part via a contact surface, where a stiffening rib is fitted within the narrowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Sebastian Schmidt, Luc-Henry Blanche, Ulrich Riegler
  • Publication number: 20160210743
    Abstract: In a method, an evaluation computer, and a medical imaging apparatus for evaluating medical images of an organ system of an examination subject, wherein the organ system has a first side and a second side that are characteristically bilaterally symmetrical to one another, first and second medical image datasets of the organ system of the examination subject are acquired and processed to obtain a result image dataset by a global image data subtraction in which image components of the first and second medical image data are subtracted from one another, and a symmetry subtraction in which image components of the first side and the second side of the organ system are subtracted from one another within a medical image dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9375188
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for recording and displaying medical imaging data records of a body part including fatty tissue. In at least one embodiment, the method includes recording an emission-tomographic data record of the body part; recording a magnetic-resonance imaging data record of the body part using a recording sequence designed such that fatty tissue can be displayed such that it can be distinguished from other types of tissue; identifying regions in the emission-tomographic data record, which regions correspond to fatty tissue, using the magnetic-resonance imaging data record; and modifying the emission-tomographic data record in those regions that correspond to fatty tissue. Further, at least one embodiment relates to a correspondingly designed device for evaluating and displaying medical imaging data records of a body part comprising fatty tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9347097
    Abstract: An arrangement for determining the concentration of nucleic acids in a sample in a microfluidic device. In at least one embodiment, the arrangement having a) a first chamber into which a the sample is introduced, b) an element in the first chamber for carrying out a number of cycles of an amplification reaction to be carried out in cycles for amplifying nucleic acids, c) a second chamber, connectable to the first chamber by way of fluidic communication, equipped with an element to determine concentrations of amplified nucleic acids, d) a control unit to introduce a defined volume of a solution containing reagents for the amplification reaction into the first chamber and to transfer a defined volume from said first chamber to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Gumbrecht, Jörn Mosner, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160114188
    Abstract: In a method or system for determining a radiation dose of a radiopharmaceutical, magnetic resonance image data of an object under examination are acquired by operation of a magnetic resonance image data acquisition unit. At least one target area and/or at least one area at risk for accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical is/are segmented in the magnetic resonance image data. Molecular image data of the object under examination by operation of a molecular image data acquisition unit during the accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical in the at least one target area and/or the at least one area at risk. A radiation dose of the radiopharmaceutical is determined in the at least one target area and/or the at least one area at risk using the molecular image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9320454
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) method and system to generate a series of MR images to monitor the position of an interventional device located in an examination region, radial scanning of k-space is combined with other scans, in particular for the k-space center. The measurement time until the entirety of k-space corresponding to the imaging region is scanned is thereby markedly shortened in total. The short echo times that are possible with this reduce susceptibility artifacts in the reconstructed image data and enable a depiction of tissue or substances with very short T2 values, for example plastics. Due to the rapidly repeated excitation and acquisition of measurement data and the reconstruction of image data, it is possible to monitor a position of the intervention device in the examination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Bjoern Heismann, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160082285
    Abstract: An applicator apparatus for performing brachytherapy and/or magnetic resonance imaging has an application main body for receiving at least one radiation source, and at least one antenna element connected to the application main body as a reception unit for a magnetic resonance device. The applicator apparatus can also include a processing module for a preamplification and/or digitization, the processing module being radiation-resistant and embodied to be separably connected to the antenna element, and the antenna element includes at least one part of the application main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: David GRODZKI, Annemarie HAUSOTTE, Bjoern HEISMANN, Arne HENGERER, Mark Aleksi KELLER-REICHENBECHER, Sebastian SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20160086330
    Abstract: Periodic movement of an object, for example a tumor, is determined on the basis of 4D MRI images. A radiation source can be controlled (guided) as a function of the periodic movement of the object, thus enabling the compilation of a more efficient treatment plan with respect to time and radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: DAVID GRODZKI, ANNEMARIE HAUSOTTE, BJOERN HEISMANN, ARNE HENGERER, MARK ALEKSI KELLER-REICHENBECHER, SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20160073925
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for obtaining a spatial instrument image of a medical instrument with a magnetic resonance tomography device, wherein the apparatus includes a medical instrument, a magnetic resonance tomography device, and a computing and control device. The medical instrument includes at least one marker material in at least one region, the marker material having a nuclear spin resonance outside of the proton resonance and wherein the computing and control device is configured to control the magnetic resonance tomography device such that a nuclear spin tomography imaging may be implemented by the magnetic resonance tomography device with the nuclear spin resonance of the at least one marker material in order to obtain a spatial instrument image, and wherein the computing and control device is configured to accept the instrument image. A corresponding medical instrument and a corresponding method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Annemarie Hausotte, Björn Heismann, Arne Hengerer, Mark-Aleksi Keller-Reichenbecher, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160073926
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a position of a medical instrument within a patient receiving zone of a magnetic resonance tomography device is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor and a computing and control device. The sensor is arranged on or in the medical instrument, includes at least one magnetic field sensor for obtaining measured values of a magnetic flux density, and may be connected to the computing and control device for data transfer purposes. The computing and control device is embodied to control magnetic fields of the magnetic resonance tomography device and to determine the position of the medical instrument. The measured values of the at least one magnetic field sensor and control signals for controlling the magnetic fields of the magnetic resonance tomography device are included in the determination of the position of the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Annemarie Hausotte, Björn Heismann, Arne Hengerer, Mark-Aleksi Keller-Reichenbecher, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160059041
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for monitoring a radiation therapy of a patient, first MR image data are acquired with a quantitative magnetic resonance method before an irradiation of a target area of the patient, and second MR image data are acquired with the quantitative magnetic resonance method after the irradiation of the target area of the patient. The first MR image data and the second MR image data are compared, and output information is generated on the basis of a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: David Grodzki, Annemarie Hausotte, Bjoern Heismann, Arne Hengerer, Mark-Aleksi Keller-Reichenbecher, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9259171
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance device having a tunnel for accommodating a patient is disclosed. The magnetic resonance device has a lining which clads both the tunnel and the end faces adjacent to it. At least one OLED, LCD or LED display panel is movably disposed on or in the lining cladding the tunnel or the lining cladding the end face. The display panel disposed in the tunnel is disposed on a bracket which can travel linearly along the lining and/or along the circumference of the lining. The display panel disposed on the end-face lining can travel and/or be tilted vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Björn Heismann, Sebastian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9234950
    Abstract: A method for operating a magnetic resonance facility is proposed. The magnetic resonance facility has a number of power-consuming components. The power consumption is determined for each component. Operation of the components is controlled based on at least one criterion so that a predetermined threshold value for the overall power consumption of the magnetic resonance facility is not exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Björn Heismann, Volker Matschl, Sebastian Schmidt, Markus Vester
  • Publication number: 20160002097
    Abstract: Pane arrangement (I) with coating (2) comprising at least a transparent substrate (1), a primer (2.1) on at least one subregion of the substrate (1), said primer containing at least one first UV absorber (4.1) as well as at least two IR absorbers (3.1, 3.2) in the form of dispersed nanoparticles, and a scratchproof coat (2.2) on the surface of the primer (2.1), said scratchproof coat containing at least one second UV absorber (4.2), wherein the first IR absorber (3.1) is a hexaboride of the general formula XB6 and X=Y, Sr, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, or Lu, and the second IR absorber (3.2) is indium tin oxide or antimony tin oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Sebastian SCHMIDT, Choung LAI, Aziz MAHFOUD-FAMILIA, Laetitia MASSAULT