Patents Assigned to Agfa
  • System and method for cleaning a nozzleplate
    Patent number: 8864285
    Abstract: A system and a method for cleaning a printhead by providing from a first slit a laminar flow of cleaning fluid that flows through a pretensioned brush for brushing the nozzle plate and collecting debris. The cleaning fluid with the debris is drained by a first slit having a first under pressure and next by a second slit that has a second under pressure that is greater than the first under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Managing and displaying solutions for multiple resources in an appointment scheduling system
    Patent number: 8856150
    Abstract: A solution space is computed and stored which comprises for a given set of constraints all possible solutions for all available resources of a certain kind. Upon selection of a specific resource, the solution space is filtered to select all possible combinations containing the specific resource and the result of the filtering is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare Inc.
    Inventor: Geert Machtelinck
  • Method of removing spatial response signature of computed radiography dector from image
    Patent number: 8855359
    Abstract: Method of removing the spatial response signature of a detector from a computed radiography image by adaptively filtering and spatially warping the characteristic response signature of the detector prior to demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventors: Marc Cresens, Herman Van Goubergen
  • Method for reducing image quality artifacts in three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 8848233
    Abstract: A relief print master, such as a flexographic print master or sleeve is created by printing a sequence of intermediate layers on top of each other with an inkjet printing system. The top layer corresponds with the halftoned image that is to be printed by the print master and the lower intermediate layers are supporting layers. The pixels of the intermediate layers that are stacked on top of each other are printed with different nozzles to reduce image quality artifacts. Both a method and a system are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Chris Gullentops, Rudi Lenders
  • CURABLE LIQUIDS AND INKJET INKS FOR FOOD PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140285568
    Abstract: A radiation curable liquid includes at least one free radical polymerizable monomer or oligomer, at least one diffusion hindered acetalysation catalyst, and at least one diffusion hindered hydroxyl containing compound. The radiation curable liquid applied to a substrate prevents migration of very low viscous monomers, such as vinyl ether acrylate monomers, into the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Roel De Mondt
  • Method of Producing Security Document
    Publication number: 20140285612
    Abstract: A security document having in order a) a first laser markable layer, present as a self-supporting layer or as a layer on a support; b) at least one polymeric overlay; and c) a second laser markable layer; wherein the second laser markable layer exhibits a higher laser sensitivity than a non-laser marked area of the first laser markable layer but produces a smaller maximum optical density or a smaller gloss on laser marking. Methods for manufacturing the security document are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventor: Carlo Uyttendaele
  • DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR READING OUT X-RAY INFORMATION STORED IN STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATES AND STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATE
    Publication number: 20140284505
    Abstract: A device and a corresponding system for reading X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and for detecting emission light stimulated in the storage phosphor plate, and a conveyance device for conveying the storage phosphor plate including at least one roller that can be put into rotation about its rotational axis. In order to guarantee, with a simple structure, the most reliable possible transport of the storage phosphor plate, one or more magnets, more particularly permanent magnets, are arranged in the interior of the cylinder which is formed as a hollow body, more particularly a hollow cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Florian Von Stein, Heinz Backhaus
  • METHOD OF MAKING A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE
    Publication number: 20140272713
    Abstract: A method of making a lithographic printing plate including the steps of a) image-wise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a light or heat sensitive coating on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and b) processing the precursor consecutively with a first solution and a second solution thereby removing the coating from the support in the non-printing areas. The first and second solutions are provided by a cascade system such that the second solution overflows into the first solution and the first solution overflows into a container to be further treated as waste, and the second solution is regenerated by adding a replenishing solution or a mixture of replenishing solutions at a rate of at least 5 ml/m2 of treated precursor and at most 30 ml/m2 of treated precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Ludovicus Hendrik Vervloet, Jan Sinnesael, Jens Lenaerts
  • Systems and methods for processing consumer queries in different languages for clinical documents
    Patent number: 8838637
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of performing at least one document consumer query using a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one query for at least one clinical documents in a first query language from at least one document consumer; translating the query into a second query language to obtain a translated query; conducting the translated query in at least one database compatible with the second query language by the processor to obtain a first result; and providing the obtained first result to the document consumer. In some embodiments, the first query language is Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) language, or the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) language, and the second language is Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: AGFA Healthcare Inc.
    Inventors: Kinson Kin Sang Ho, Ge Yu
  • Security document with security feature on edge
    Patent number: 8827315
    Abstract: A security document precursor including one or more lamellae provided with two or more holes near a perimeter edge surface of the precursor, wherein the holes perforate the largest surface of the one or more lamellae, and wherein at least one of the holes is filled with a colored material which differs in color from at least one of the one or more lamellae, such that the colored material is visible from a direction perpendicular on the perimeter edge surface; wherein at least one of the one or more lamellae is transparent or translucent: or wherein at least one of the one or more lamellae is opaque and the opaque part of the at least one of the one or more lamellae between the perimeter edge and the hole filled with a colored material has been removed. A security document and a method of preparing the security document precursor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Waumans, Ingrid Geuens
  • Colour Laser Marking Methods of Security Document Precursors
    Publication number: 20140232810
    Abstract: A method of colour laser marking a security document precursor including at least: a transparent biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate foil; at least one colourless colour forming layer for generating a colour different from black containing at least an infrared absorber a colour forming compound and a polymeric binder; and a laser markable polymeric support or a laser markable layer for generating a black colour; comprising the steps of: laser marking the colourless colour forming layer through the transparent polymeric foil with a infrared laser used in continuous wave mode to generate a colour different from black; and laser marking the laser markable polymeric support or the laser markable layer through the transparent polymeric foil with the same infrared laser but used in a pulsed mode to generate a black colour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Waumans, Paul Callant, Ingrid Geuens
  • UV curable inkjet compositions for high-density print heads
    Patent number: 8807734
    Abstract: A combination of: a) an inkjet print head having a nozzle density of at least 600 dpi and nozzles with an outer nozzle diameter D smaller than 25?m; and b) a UV curable inkjet composition containing 0 to 10 wt % of one or more monofunctional monomers and at least A wt % of 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate, wherein both wt % are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet composition; and wherein A is defined by the formula 100 wt %?D×3.0 wt %/?m?A?100 wt %?D×1.0 wt %/?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Geert Van Dyck, David Tilemans
  • Polymeric dispersants and non-aqueous dispersions
    Patent number: 8809419
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment dispersion includes a pigment, a non-aqueous dispersion medium, and a polymeric dispersant including at least one oxalylamide structural unit according to Formula (I): wherein: R1 represents a first polymeric moiety selected from the group consisting of a linear polymeric moiety, a star shaped polymeric moiety, a dendritic polymeric moiety, a branched polymeric moiety, and a hyperbranched polymeric moiety; and R2 represents a second polymeric moiety selected from the group consisting of a polyester, a polyether, a polyamide, a polyacrylate, a polymethacrylate, or copolymers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventors: Xavier André, Johan Loccufier
  • System and method for optical coherence tomography
    Patent number: 8810797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and to a corresponding method for optical coherence tomography having an interferometer (10) for emitting light with which a specimen (1) is irradiated, the interferometer (1) comprising a beam splitter (13) and at least one reflector (12) the optical distance (I) of which from the beam splitter (13) is changeable, and a detector (30) which has a plurality of detector elements arranged in an area by means of which the light which is reflected by the specimen (1) is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Healthcare NV
    Inventors: Rainer Nebosis, Rainer Scheunemann, Edgar-Gerald Kopp
  • APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR READING OUT X-RAY INFORMATION STORED IN STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATES
    Publication number: 20140225011
    Abstract: An apparatus and a corresponding system for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and for detecting emitted light excited thereby in the storage phosphor plate, and a transport device for transporting the storage phosphor plate relative to the reading device and having a roller drive and at least one roller that can be set rotating about the axis of rotation thereof by the roller drive. In order to simplify the design of the apparatus and of the system while providing as reliable a transport of the storage phosphor plate as possible, the roller includes at least one magnetic area that has a helical progression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventor: Anton Pirmann
  • Method and System for Optical Coherence Tomography
    Publication number: 20140218740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method as well as a corresponding system (50) for optical coherence tomography in which a first image (60) is acquired in the region of a first plane of an object (1) by means of an optical coherence tomography equipment, and the first image (60) is displayed on a display device (52). To facilitate a reliable and time-saving examination with straightforward handling, provision is made that a second plane of the object (1) is selected on the basis of the first image (60) that is displayed on the display device (52), wherein the second plane of the object (1) is different from the first plane of the object (1), and a second image (61) is acquired in the region of the selected second plane of the object (1) by means of the optical coherence tomography equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Rainer Nebosis, Geert Wellens
  • CALIBRATION FREE DUAL ENERGY RADIOGRAPHY METHOD
    Publication number: 20140219423
    Abstract: A method of generating a bone and a soft tissue image of an object includes a dual energy radiography technique wherein weight parameters for calculating these images as a weighted sum of a low energy image PL and a high energy image PH are deduced from a ratio image Log (Pn)/Log (PL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Agfa HealthCare NV
    Inventor: Tom Bertens
  • Method and system for dynamic image processing
    Patent number: 8793301
    Abstract: A method of processing an image wherein one or more processing functions are executed. Firstly, the steps involved in the one or more processing functions are determined where each of the one or more processing functions can include one or more processing steps. Secondly, the resource requirements associated with each of the processing functions are determined. The resource availability for the one or more resource requirements on a client is determined. Thirdly, and finally, each of the one or more processing functions are selectively allocated to the at least one of the client and the server in the case where the client does not have the required resource availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: AGFA Healthcare
    Inventors: Rainer Wegenkittl, Donald K. Dennison, John J. Potwarka, Lukas Mroz, Armin Kanitsar, Gunter Zeilinger
  • Preparation method of copolymerizable photoinitiators
    Patent number: 8791289
    Abstract: An intermediate for preparing (meth)acrylated photoinitiators according to Formula (I): wherein: R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a methyl group; A represents a group including at least one photoinitiating moiety; L represents a n+o-valent linking group including at least one carbon atom; n and o each independently represent an integer from 1 to 4; p is equal to 0 or 1; X represents a group selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, and R2SO3; and R2 represents an optionally substituted group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkaryl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group and a heteroaryl group. Also, a method for the preparation of (meth)acrylated photoinitiators by ?-elimination of HX from the intermediate according to Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Agfa Graphics NV
    Inventor: Johan Loccufier
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR READING OUT X-RAY INFORMATION STORED IN STORAGE PHOSPHOR PLATES
    Publication number: 20140203179
    Abstract: An apparatus and a corresponding system and method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate, includes a receiving device, in particular a cassette, for receiving the storage phosphor plate, a removal device for removing the storage phosphor plate from the receiving device, and a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate removed from the receiving device with stimulation light and for detecting emitted light excited thereby in the storage phosphor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Patrick Sandmann, Anton Pirmann, Günther Schindlbeck, Johannes Hölzl, Sven Behr