Patents Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC
  • Patent number: 12290396
    Abstract: A clamp for releasably engaging a cable chain employed on a C-arm X-ray imaging device includes a positioning member having a rear surface formed complementary to a portion of the C-arm imaging device, a pivot arm attached to the positioning member, a biasing member disposed on the pivot arm, and a clamp arm rotatably mounted to the pivot arm, wherein the biasing member is engaged between the positioning member and the clamp arm to move the clamp arm between a release position and a locking position. The clamp is engageable with the cable chain to hold the cable chain in alignment with the at least one of the housing and the C-arm, and is operable separately from the imaging device, such that the clamp can hold the cable chain on the housing or C-arm even when power is not provided to the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Carlos Martinez Ferreira
  • Patent number: 12290389
    Abstract: A distributed data collection architecture for a PET system includes a plurality of data collection boards, wherein each data collection board is coupled to a respective gantry segment of the PET system. The PET system includes a modular gantry having a plurality of gantry segments that are physically separate from each other, and each gantry segment includes a plurality of detector modules coupled to a respective data collection board. Each respective data collection board is configured to acquire all detector event data from a respective plurality of detector modules of the respective gantry segment the respective data collection board is coupled to. Only one data collection board of the plurality of data collection boards is configured to act as a master data collection board that collects all of the detector event data from each data collection board and to generate coincidence pairs from all of the detector event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Mahesh Raman Narayanaswamy, Mark David Fries, Jorge Uribe, Avichay Bdolah, Avihai Radi
  • Patent number: 12288275
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for non-uniform thickness and/or sampling of slabs of the breast to present DBT acquisitions. A method for generating a patient image as a set of slabs representing an imaged object, the method comprising acquiring a tomosynthesis projection, reconstructing a series of slab images, each slab representing a portion of a breast, and a plurality of slabs of non-uniform thickness and/or non-uniform sampling in a 3D reconstructed domain defined by x-, y-, and z-axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Bismuth, Sylvain Bernard, Fanny Patoureaux, Yana Popova, Jorge Corsino Espino, Xavier Mancardi, Mathilde Ravier
  • Patent number: 12285282
    Abstract: According to one aspect of an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, a system and method for providing an indication of the mode of operation of an X-ray imaging system operable in a fixed mode or an automatic optimization of parameter (AOP) mode, and an operational mode indication system including at least one of a visual indicator and an audio indicator. The selection of an operational mode for the X-ray system enables a control processing unit to activate the operational mode indication system in a first manner and in a second manner at least during the operation of the radiation source and the detector to provide an indication of a current mode of operation of the imaging system, wherein the first manner is readily discernable from the second manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Branson, Beth Heckel, Eric Hart, Adam Pluim, Ping Xue
  • Patent number: 12285296
    Abstract: Various ultrasonic diagnostic apparatuses and method are provided for calculating a velocity of propagation of shear waves. In one example, a method includes applying mechanical vibrations to a patient to generate shear waves, receiving first echo signals based on first ultrasonic pulses transmitted at a first pulse repetition frequency, creating data for an image based on the first echo signals, and calculating at least one frequency component of the mechanical vibrations. The method includes calculating a second pulse repetition frequency that is different from the first pulse repetition frequency, based on the at least one frequency component of the mechanical vibrations. The method include receiving second echo signals based on second ultrasonic pulses transmitted at the second pulse repetition frequency and calculating a velocity of propagation of said shear waves based on the second echo signals transmitted at the second pulse repetition frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Shunichiro Tanigawa, Naohisa Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 12288334
    Abstract: A system for collecting a biopsy of a lesion within a patient using examination images previously collected from an examination device. An x-ray detector detects energy after passing through the patient. A compression paddle compresses the patient. A processing system generates a biopsy image based on the energy detected by the x-ray detector, accesses the examination images previously collected, and analyzes, while the patient remains compressed, the biopsy image to determine a measured x-coordinate and a measured y-coordinate of the lesion along X and Y axes, respectively. The examination images are analyzed to determine a calculated z-coordinate of the lesion along the Z axis. The location of the lesion along the X, Y, and Z axes is determined based on the measured x-coordinate and measured y-coordinate from the biopsy image and the calculated z-coordinate from examination images. The biopsy may be performed while the patient remains compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Laurence Vancamberg, Clement Jailin, Serge Muller
  • Patent number: 12285906
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving thermal management strategies of a cathode assembly of an X-ray tube. In one embodiment, an X-ray tube comprises an anode assembly and a cathode assembly, wherein the cathode assembly includes one or more elements that include an internal porous section for controlling a flow of heat within the cathode assembly during operation of the X-ray tube. In this way, heat conduction to temperature sensitive aspects of the cathode assembly may be reduced, while enabling sufficient heat transfer to other parts of the cathode assembly to minimize deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Kruse, Thomas Murray
  • Patent number: 12288978
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of electro-mechanical connectors disposed on a first electrical system. The plurality of electro-mechanical connectors includes at least a ground connector, an output power connector, a return power connector, and at least one signal connector. A power supply line in the first electrical system is connected through a current-limiting element to the output power connector. The system further includes a circuit detecting a loopback signal received from a second electrical system via the at least one signal connector indicating presence of a power connection between the first electrical system and the second electrical system, and a switch activable in response to a detected loopback signal to bypass the current-limiting element to pass a full unrestrained current and voltage on the power supply line to the output power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Russell James Kuzelka, Donald L. Beduhn, Chetankumar Amrutlal Modi
  • Patent number: 12287384
    Abstract: A radio-frequency power output device includes a cooling plate, a temperature detection module, and a control module. The cooling plate is provided with a first circuit board and a second circuit board respectively on two opposite sides thereof, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board are provided with a first radio-frequency power amplification circuit and a second radio-frequency power amplification circuit, respectively. The temperature detection module is used to obtain the temperature of the first circuit board and the temperature of the second circuit board. The control module controls, based on the temperature of the first circuit board, the first radio-frequency power amplification circuit to output a radio-frequency power signal at a target temperature, and controls, based on the temperature of the second circuit board, the second radio-frequency power amplification circuit to output a radio-frequency power signal at the target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Xin Xie, Kai Wang, Tingting Song, Chunlai Xiao, Dongliang Yang, Jianye Ning
  • Patent number: 12287385
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of reducing noise in magnetic resonance (MR) images is provided. The method includes executing a neural network model of analyzing MR images, wherein the neural network model is trained with a pair of pristine images and corrupted images. The pristine images are the corrupted images with noise reduced, and target output images of the neural network model are the pristine images. The method also includes receiving first MR signals and second MR signals, reconstructing first and second MR images based on the first MR signals and the second MR signals, and analyzing the first MR image and the second MR image using the neural network model. The method further includes deriving a denoised MR image based on the analysis, wherein the denoised MR image is a combined image based on the first MR image and the second MR image and outputting the denoised MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Kang Wang, Robert Marc Lebel
  • Patent number: 12283416
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet assembly is provided. The magnet assembly includes a magnet and a switch assembly coupled to the magnet. The switch assembly includes a thermosyphon tube configured to carry cryogen therethrough, a switch, a first pressure valve, and a second pressure valve. The switch is configured to switch between a resistive mode and a superconducting mode, wherein the switch is in thermal contact with the thermosyphon tube. The first pressure valve and the second pressure valve are positioned on the thermosyphon tube and configured to control flow of the cryogen in the thermosyphon tube, and the switch is positioned between the first pressure valve and the second pressure valve. The magnet is configured to generate a polarizing magnetic field based on switching of the switch between the resistive mode and the superconducting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Dogan Celik, Stuart Paul Feltham, Charles D. Yarborough
  • Patent number: 12283777
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit board disposed in a frame. The circuit board has at least one signal input parts/signal output parts (SIP/SOP) port. The frame includes a fascia cover disposed over the at least one SIP/SOP port. The fascia cover has an opening aligned with the at least one SIP/SOP port. The door is movable from an open position to a closed position across the opening. The fascia cover and the door include an insulating material layer and a conductive material layer. A portion of the conductive material layer is disposed on an area of the fascia cover at a distance from edges of the opening, and another portion of the conductive material layer is disposed on an area of the door at a distance from an edge of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Godwin Christopher Selvi
  • Patent number: 12283043
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a tissue boundary determination apparatus and method. The tissue boundary determination method includes acquiring multiple slice images of multiple positions of a tissue to be examined, determining, with regard to at least one first selected slice image of the multiple slice images, a tissue boundary on the first selected slice image, and determining, according to the tissue boundary on the first selected slice image, tissue boundaries on a predetermined number of other slice images adjacent to the first selected slice image. Therefore, an accurate tissue (such as malignant tumor) boundary may be acquired efficiently so as to provide a reference basis for analysis on internal and external tissue of a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yan Sun, Xueli Wang, Mingyang Yang, Bingjie Zhao
  • Patent number: 12279909
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasound imaging probe power management. In one embodiment, a power management system for an ultrasound imaging system includes a wireless charger and a mount configured to couple to a probe holder of the ultrasound imaging system. The probe may seat against the wireless charger for charging of a power source of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Lu Jin, Qiang Yao, Dae Young Kim, Bo Dan, Michael C. Macdonald, Robert A. Meurer, Todd E. Schueneman, Ross Christopher Stalter
  • Patent number: D1072254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Gang Hong, Fusheng Li, Lei Xia, Lingzhi Zhou, Yu Qing Li
  • Patent number: D1073067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Emma Elina Hellman, Lasse Aarre Kamppari
  • Patent number: D1073071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Stephane Graziani, Regis Gerard Personnelli, Michael Luybansky
  • Patent number: D1073728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Eigil Samset, Attila Vojtek
  • Patent number: D1073943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Marteau, Aurelie Boudier, Julie Manzano
  • Patent number: D1073946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Gang Hong, Lei Xia, Yicheng Wang, Fusheng Li, Qingtao Wang