Patents by Inventor Steffen Krueger

Steffen Krueger 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).

  • Camera assisted subject support configuration
    Patent number: 11978551
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 300) comprising: a subject support (110) comprising a support surface (112); a camera system (118); and a signal system (148). The execution of the machine executable instructions (152) cause a processor (142) controlling the medical instrument to: receive (400) a list of selected objects (160) each with a selected coordinate (162); and signal (402) the list of selected objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Sascha Krueger, Peter Caesar Mazurkewitz, Julien Thomas Senegas, Steffen Weiss, Jukku Iimari Tanttu
  • Apparatus and method for the removal of pellicles from masks
    Patent number: 8168036
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the removal of pellicles from masks which can be used for photolithographic purposes. The pellicles are removed from masks in a universal manner without them being further contaminated or damaged. In an apparatus, at least one grip is present for the manipulation of masks provided with pellicles which has at least two fixing elements which engage at the edge of a mask with exerted pressure force. There are moreover present in this connection at least one detector for the contactless determination of the position of mounts formed at the radially outer edge of pellicles, and a heating device for the heating of an adhesive with which pellicles are fastened to a mask with material continuity, and a removal apparatus of the pellicles from a mask having a mask fixing unit and a pellicle removal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: HAP Handhabungs-, Automatisierungs- und Präzisionstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Andritzke, Holger Brosche, Steffen Krueger, Steffen Pollack, Klaus-Peter Weiss, Hans-Joachim Gretzschel
  • Apparatus and Method for the Removal of Pellicles from Masks
    Publication number: 20090239156
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the removal of pellicles from masks which can be used for photolithographic purposes. The pellicles are removed from masks in a universal manner without them being further contaminated or damaged. In an apparatus, at least one grip is present for the manipulation of masks provided with pellicles which has at least two fixing elements which engage at the edge of a mask with exerted pressure force. There are moreover present in this connection at least one detector for the contactless determination of the position of mounts formed at the radially outer edge of pellicles, and a heating device for the heating of an adhesive with which pellicles are fastened to a mask with material continuity, and a removal apparatus of the pellicles from a mask having a mask fixing unit and a pellicle removal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Lothar Andritzke, Holger Brosche, Steffen Krueger, Steffen Pollack, Klaus-Peter Weiss, Hans-Joachim Gretzschel