Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Dieter Knoll

Wolfgang Dieter Knoll 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).

  • Systems and methods for connection to a transducer in ultrasound probes
    Patent number: 9017262
    Abstract: Methods and systems for connection to a transducer in ultrasound probes are provided. One connection arrangement includes a connector having a transducer connection portion configured to couple to a transducer of an ultrasound probe and a scan head connection portion configured to extend from a scan head of the ultrasound probe containing the transducer. The transducer connection portion and the scan head connection portion being a single element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reinhold Bruestle, Wolfgang Dieter Knoll, Christian Heinrich, Christian Holl
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTION TO A TRANSDUCER IN ULTRASOUND PROBES
    Publication number: 20130172756
    Abstract: Methods and systems for connection to a transducer in ultrasound probes are provided. One connection arrangement includes a connector having a transducer connection portion configured to couple to a transducer of an ultrasound probe and a scan head connection portion configured to extend from a scan head of the ultrasound probe containing the transducer. The transducer connection portion and the scan head connection portion being a single element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Reinhold Bruestle, Wolfgang Dieter Knoll, Christian Heinrich, Christian Holl