Patents Examined by Dani Fox
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Patent number: 11733182Abstract: Some embodiments include a radiographic inspection system, comprising: a detector; a support configured to attach the detector to a structure such that the detector is movable around the structure; a radioisotope collimator; and a collimator support arm coupling the detector to the radioisotope collimator such that the radioisotope collimator moves with the detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Varex Imaging CorporationInventors: Clyde May, David T Nisius, Rajashekar Venkatachalam
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Patent number: 11723607Abstract: A radiological imaging device includes a gantry defining an analysis area configured to contain at least a portion of a patient to be analyzed and a circular extension trajectory extending around a central axis. The gantry includes a source configured to emit radiation, a detector configured to receive the radiation after the radiation has passed through the analysis area, and a casing defining a housing volume for at least the source and the detector. The casing includes a bottom arched module, an arched module mobile with respect to the bottom arched module, and a movement apparatus. The mobile arched module is housed in the bottom arched module and configured to vary the angular extension of the casing and of the housing volume keeping the source and the detector in the housing volume. The movement apparatus, outside the housing volume, is configured to move the arched modules. The radiological imaging device performs at least two of tomography, fluoroscopy, and X-ray.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: EPICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Damiano Fortuna, Leonardo Manetti, Giulio Raimondi, Giovanni De Santis
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Patent number: 11717236Abstract: This invention provides a mapped dental Cone Beam Computer Tomography (CBCT) workspace for the planning of placement of dental implants in the oral cavity. The workspace includes a template coordinate system in the oral cavity of a patient by placing a radiographic template having at least three radiographic markers of predetermined shape, size, and positions in the oral cavity, wherein the predetermined position is relative to at least one anatomical feature (natural or artificial) in the oral cavity. With this method, only a single CBCT scan is required. The CBCT scan is used to create a CBCT workspace with a coordinate system based on the radiographic template. Within the workspace, Implant Planning Software can be used to plan dental implants.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Jessi Lew Pty LtdInventor: Darren Littlefair
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Patent number: 11717250Abstract: An X-ray CT device includes: an X-ray source that irradiates an object to be imaged with an X-ray; an X-ray detector that is disposed on one side opposite to the X-ray source with a position, at which the object to be imaged is to be disposed, interposed therebetween and detects the X-ray having passed through the object to be imaged; and a rotary unit that supports the X-ray source and the X-ray detector and rotates the X-ray source and the X-ray detector together around the object to be imaged. A distance between the X-ray source and a predetermined reference position positioned in the object to be imaged is variable, and a distance between the reference position and the X-ray detector is variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Miyanaga
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Patent number: 11712210Abstract: A mobile platform includes a chassis, a sensor module and at least one holding mechanism. In an embodiment, the at least one holding mechanism is designed to guide a first medical device and is configured to position the first medical device in at least one operating position within an adjusting range.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBHInventors: Kristian Dencovski, Elmar Garcia, Joerg Hofmann, Oliver Patrick Welzel, Chihebeddine Dahmani, Franz Dirauf
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Patent number: 11712316Abstract: Surgical and radiological drapes are provided herein. In some embodiments, a surgical drape is provided including a surgical table drape and a radiological drape including a first end portion attached to the surgical table drape, an enclosure portion configured to extend from the surgical table drape and enclose a radiological imaging unit and an adjustable closure mechanism configured to secure the upper portion about the radiological imaging unit, a side wall portion extending from the enclosure portion, and a second end portion comprising a weighted material.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: Andrew Bishop
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Patent number: 11704845Abstract: A method includes recording a plurality of projection recordings along a linear trajectory. An X-ray source and an X-ray detector move in parallel opposite to one another along the linear trajectory and the examination object is arranged between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The method includes reconstructing a tomosynthesis dataset, respective depth information of the examination object is respective determined along an X-ray beam bundle spanned by the motion along the linear trajectory and an X-ray beam fan of the X-ray source perpendicular to the linear trajectory so that different respective depth levels in the object parallel to a detection surface of the X-ray detector are respectively scanned differently. Finally, the method includes determining a first slice image with a first slice thickness in a depth level, among the respective depth levels, substantially parallel to the detection surface of the X-ray detector based on the tomosynthesis dataset.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBHInventor: Ludwig Ritschl
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Patent number: 11701080Abstract: Provided is a radiographic imaging device including: a first hardware processor; a sensor that includes multiple semiconductor elements arranged two-dimensionally and multiple switch elements respectively connected to the semiconductor elements; a gate driver that causes each of the switch elements of the sensor to switch between a conductive state and non-conductive state so as to release charge from each of the semiconductor elements; and a reader that performs readout of a signal value according to an amount of the charge released by the each of the semiconductor elements of the sensor. The first hardware processor sets an imaging condition that affects a dose of radiation reaching the sensor, selects a gate readout pattern according to the set imaging condition among different gate readout patterns, and drives the gate driver and the reader using the selected gate readout pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Keisuke Koeda
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Patent number: 11701075Abstract: A system for performing a scan of internal structures of an object/patient is provided. The system includes a radiation source operative to emit a radiation beam, a radiation detector operative to receive the radiation beam and generate an output signal based at least in part on the received radiation beam, and a controller in electronic communication with the radiation source and the radiation detector and operative to generate at least one image of the object/patient. The controller is further operative to determine an offset of the at least one image relative to an image reference and to employ the offset to automatically align the at least one image with the image reference without the need for stopping the operation of the radiation source and detector to reposition the object/patient being scanned.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Laurence Vancamberg, Pablo Milioni de Carvalho, Serge Muller
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Patent number: 11700683Abstract: A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different dose.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Teledyne ETM, Inc.Inventors: William L. Nighan, Jr., Maarten Korringa, John Howard Rolin, Devin Kirk Henderlong
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Patent number: 11696734Abstract: A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm that can hold the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit in a facing posture; a first rotation mechanism that rotates the arm; and a friction mechanism that is switchable between a first state in which a frictional force is applied to the arm in a direction opposite to a direction in which the arm is rotated and a second state in which the frictional force applied to the arm is less than that in the first state.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Koichi Eguchi
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Patent number: 11692951Abstract: An intraoperative specimen imaging system is provided. The intraoperative specimen imaging system includes a mammography imaging system configured to acquire imaging data. The intraoperative specimen imaging system also includes a specimen holding system configured to hold a tissue sample, wherein the specimen holding system is retrofittedly coupled to the mammography imaging system, wherein the intraoperative specimen imaging system is configured to acquire imaging data for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of the tissue sample.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Paul Francis Fitzgerald, Sholom Michael Ackelsberg
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Patent number: 11690588Abstract: A body thickness conversion unit converts a body thickness from a distance image imaged by a distance measurement camera to acquire the body thickness. A setting unit sets a gradation transformation function for use in gradation transformation processing to a radiographic image corresponding to the body thickness. A radiographic image acquisition unit acquires the radiographic image output from a radiation detector in radioscopy. A gradation transformation processing unit starts the gradation transformation processing with the gradation transformation function set by the setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi Kitano
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Patent number: 11692952Abstract: Disclosed are a hydro-mechanical coupling experimental device with CT real-time scanning and a use method thereof. The hydro-mechanical coupling experimental device with the CT real-time scanning includes a CT scanning room and further includes a support frame, a hydro-mechanical coupling mechanism and a jack that are arranged in the CT scanning room. The support frame includes a base, a top plate, a plurality of columns for arranging the top plate and the base at intervals, and a movable plate that is arranged between the top plate and the base and can slide on the plurality of columns. The hydro-mechanical coupling mechanism includes an experimental box, a pressure box arranged inside the experimental box and a compression leg slidingly worn on a top of the experimental box; and the experimental box is arranged on the movable plate, and the jack is arranged on the base.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Anhui University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Shaobo Li, Lei Wang, Qihan Ren, Xingang Niu, Chuanqi Zhu, Lipeng Chen, Yu Zhang, Ancheng Wang
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Patent number: 11690581Abstract: A computer-implemented tumor position determining model is trained, based on a plurality of sets of image data, to determine a subsequent position of a tumor in a subject based on a subsequent 2D or 3D representation of a surface of the subject, an initial image of the tumor in the subject and an initial 2D or 3D representation of a surface of the subject. Each set of image data comprises an initial training image of a tumor in a subject, an initial training 2D or 3D representation of a surface of the subject, a subsequent training image of the tumor in the subject and a subsequent training 2D or 3D representation of a surface of the subject. The subsequent training image and the subsequent training 2D or 3D representation are taken at a subsequent point in time than the initial training image and the initial training 2D or 3D representation and the plurality of sets of image data are from a plurality of different subjects.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: C-RAD POSITIONING ABInventor: Erik Boman
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Patent number: 11666294Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires the current position of a carriage unit as information regarding the travel environment of the carriage unit. A second acquisition unit acquires a first upper limit value of the travel speed as appropriate travel conditions of the carriage unit corresponding to the current position acquired by the first acquisition unit. A third acquisition unit acquires a first measurement value of the travel speed as information regarding the travel state of the carriage unit. A travel state correction controller performs travel state correction control to make a correction to a travel state satisfying the appropriate travel conditions in a case where the travel state acquired by the third acquisition unit deviates from the appropriate travel conditions acquired by the second acquisition unit. That is, the travel state correction controller reduces the travel speed of the carriage unit in a case where the first measurement value exceeds the first upper limit value.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Makino, Ryo Imamura
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Patent number: 11668560Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring the concentricity of golf balls using filter pairs to gather and analyze data on concentricity.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Paul Furze
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Patent number: 11668660Abstract: Some embodiments include a radiographic inspection system, comprising: a drive mechanism configured to move along a structure; a detector attached to the drive mechanism; a radiation source attached to the drive mechanism and positionable relative to the detector such that a width of the structure casts a radiation shadow on an active area of the detector; and control logic coupled to the detector and configured to: receive an image from the detector; generate side wall loss information based on the image; and generate bottom wall loss information based on the image.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Varex Imaging CorporationInventors: David T Nisius, Clyde May, Rajashekar Venkatachalam
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Patent number: 11666292Abstract: A method is for making an X-ray recording of an examination region of an examination object with an X-ray system including an X-ray source arranged on an emitter displacement unit and an X-ray detector including a detection area, arranged on a detector displacement unit. The method includes selecting the examination region and portion-wise recording successive recording portions in relation to the examination region. The portion-wise recording includes moving the X-ray source and the X-ray detector, determining a strip-shaped detection region within the detection area, by expanding an extent of the X-ray recording compared with a further different X-ray recording, and acquiring and recording each respective successive recording portion, of the successive recording portions, using the determined detection region and the X-ray source. Finally, the method includes generating an assembled X-ray recording of the examination region from the successive recording portions recorded.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBHInventors: Magdalena Herbst, Ludwig Ritschl, Marc Cottiati, Christoph Luckner, Qi Hu, Marcel Beister, Fabian Wloka
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Patent number: 11670017Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for reprojection and back projection of objects of interest via homographic transforms, and particularly one-dimensional homographic transforms. In one example, a method may include acquiring imaging data corresponding to a plurality of divergent X-rays, assigning a single functional form to the plurality of divergent X-rays, determining, via a homographic transform, weights of interaction between a plurality of distribution samples and a plurality of X-ray detector bins based on the single functional form, and reconstructing an image based on the weights of interaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Cyril Riddell, Marion Savanier, Emilie Chouzenoux, Jean-Christophe Pesquet