Patents by Inventor Thomas Hartkens

Thomas Hartkens 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: 20220122256
    Abstract: A technique for performing a feedback-based quality assessment for a medical image acquired by a medical imaging device is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique comprises determining (S108) a level of image quality for the acquired medical image using an assessment component configured to assess image quality levels based on feedback of physicians collected for previously acquired medical images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: medneo GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Matthias Issing, David Mezey, Johannes Vogt, Medha Juneja
  • Publication number: 20220115117
    Abstract: A technique for configuring a medical imaging device by a set of acquisition parameters for acquiring a medical image is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique comprises selecting (S102) a reference image from a plurality of reference images, each of the plurality of reference images being stored in association with a set of acquisition parameters which has been used to acquire the respective reference image, and configuring (S104) the medical imaging device by the set of acquisition parameters stored in association with the selected reference image for acquiring the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: medneo GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Matthias Issing, David Mezey, Johannes Vogt, Medha Juneja
  • Patent number: 9888889
    Abstract: An interventional medical diagnosis and/or therapy system is provided. The system provides an interventional imaging system and method which allows for an intervention, to be conducted in accordance with an intervention plan, to be supported and monitored by ongoing imaging, in particular radioscopy, with which, at the same time the effort in calibration and registration is kept low, and which functions without an additional location system. The interventional imaging system includes an imaging device to record intervention data of a body, at least two position markings, capable of being recorded with the imaging device, for the marking of an intervention instrument, a display apparatus to reproduce recorded intervention data and position markings, a navigation facility connected to the display apparatus to load pre-intervention data of the body, in which an intervention location of the body is contained, and for the mutual registration of the pre-intervention data with the intervention data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Thomas Redel
  • Patent number: 9795452
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus for a subretinal injection into an eye includes a 3D imaging device configured to generate a 3D image of a retina and a choroid of the eye. The apparatus has a planning device for inputting at least one set position for an injection instrument to be used for the injection. The set position is a location indication in the 3D image. The apparatus includes a 2D imaging device to generate a surface image of the retina and supplement the image to form a supplemented image, via the 2D imaging device ascertaining in the surface image at least one location which, in the surface image, corresponds to the at least one set position indicated in the 3D image, and inserting into the surface image at least one mark that corresponds to the ascertained at least one location. A display device displays the supplemented image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Abouzar Eslami
  • Publication number: 20170135768
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus for a subretinal injection into an eye includes a 3D imaging device configured to generate a 3D image of a retina and a choroid of the eye. The apparatus has a planning device for inputting at least one set position for an injection instrument to be used for the injection. The set position is a location indication in the 3D image. The apparatus includes a 2D imaging device to generate a surface image of the retina and supplement the image to form a supplemented image, via the 2D imaging device ascertaining in the surface image at least one location which, in the surface image, corresponds to the at least one set position indicated in the 3D image, and inserting into the surface image at least one mark that corresponds to the ascertained at least one location. A display device displays the supplemented image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Abouzar Eslami
  • Patent number: 9629710
    Abstract: An intraocular lens has an optical part and a haptic adjoining the optical part. At least one additional fixation element that differs from the haptic is formed on at least an upper side of the intraocular lens. The additional fixation element is formed to fix the position of the intraocular lens in the capsular bag of an eye. A method for making an intraocular lens and a method for implanting an intraocular lens in a capsular bag of an eye are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Marco Wilzbach, Michael Stefan Rill, Frederik Siegmann
  • Publication number: 20150265398
    Abstract: An intraocular lens has an optical part and a haptic adjoining the optical part. At least one additional fixation element that differs from the haptic is formed on at least an upper side of the intraocular lens. The additional fixation element is formed to fix the position of the intraocular lens in the capsular bag of an eye. A method for making an intraocular lens and a method for implanting an intraocular lens in a capsular bag of an eye are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Marco Wilzbach, Michael Stefan Rill, Frederik Siegmann
  • Publication number: 20150018670
    Abstract: An interventional medical diagnosis and/or therapy system is provided. The system provides an interventional imaging system and method which allows for an intervention, to be conducted in accordance with an intervention plan, to be supported and monitored by ongoing imaging, in particular radioscopy, with which, at the same time the effort in calibration and registration is kept low, and which functions without an additional location system. The interventional imaging system includes an imaging device to record intervention data of a body, at least two position markings, capable of being recorded with the imaging device, for the marking of an intervention instrument, a display apparatus to reproduce recorded intervention data and position markings, a navigation facility connected to the display apparatus to load pre-intervention data of the body, in which an intervention location of the body is contained, and for the mutual registration of the pre-intervention data with the intervention data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Thomas Redel
  • Publication number: 20100021027
    Abstract: A data management system for managing medical imaging data comprises a memory storing a workflow data set defining a plurality of tasks to be performed on the imaging data and a processing system arranged to: receive input data including the imaging data; control the performance of each of the tasks on the input data; and make amendments to the workflow data set recording the results of each of the tasks and an audit trail of the amendments made to the imaging data during the tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Hartkens, Michael Burns, Shahid Jamil, Derek Hill
  • Publication number: 20050171558
    Abstract: Morphing or fitting a brain atlas to a diagnostic image data set of the patient, or to a patient registered to the brain atlas, is enhanced using measurements of one or more physical characteristics of the brain taken with the aid of an instrument as it is being inserted into the brain. The measurements are then compared against known physical characteristics of certain brain structures, thus permitting correlation of the measured physical characteristic to a brain structure. The brain atlas then may be morphed or deformed so that the identified brain structure in the atlas is at or near the position at which the measurement was taken, as known from the tracked position of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Rony Abovitz, Arthur Quaid, Benny Hagag, Thomas Hartkens