Patents by Inventor Alfred Seitz

Alfred Seitz 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).

  • Patent number: 9702950
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system (300) acquires magnetic resonance data (358) from a subject (318) that may include an electrically conductive object (e.g. an implant or a medical device). The magnetic resonance imaging system includes a radio-frequency transmitter (314) for generating a radio-frequency transmit field for acquiring the magnetic resonance data using a radio-frequency antenna (310). The radio-frequency transmitter has multiple transmit channels. The radio-frequency antenna comprises multiple antenna elements (312) each adapted to connect to an antenna element. The amplitude and phase values of the RF transmit field of each of the transmit channels can be selected such that the magnetic field generated by the RF antenna is minimized at the location of the electrically conductive object, thereby reducing RF heating of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hanno Heyke Homann, Ingmar Graesslin, Ulrich Katscher, Tobias Ratko Voigt, Olaf Helmut Dössel, Sebastian Alfred Seitz
  • Publication number: 20140210472
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a magnetic resonance imaging system (300) for acquiring magnetic resonance data (358) from a subject (318) that may comprise an electrically conductive object (e.g. an implant or a medical device). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a radio-frequency transmitter (314) for generating a radio-frequency transmit field for acquiring the magnetic resonance data using a radio-frequency antenna (310). The radio-frequency transmitter has multiple transmit channels. The radio-frequency antenna comprises multiple antenna elements (312) each adapted to connect to an antenna element. According to an embodiment of the invention, the amplitude and phase values of the RF transmit field of each of the transmit channels are selected such that the magnetic field generated by the RF antenna is minimized at the location of the electrically conductive object, thereby reducing RF heating of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hanno Heyke Homann, Ingmar Graesslin, Ulrich Katscher, Tobias Ratko Voigt, Olaf Helmut Dössel, Sebastian Alfred Seitz
  • Patent number: 4354142
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the pulsed illumination of a stroboscope ring of a record player is formed from a pulsating direct voltage by rectification, and the pulsating direct voltage is applied to a series connection of an ohmic resistor and a light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred Seitz
  • Patent number: 4225227
    Abstract: A stroboscope device for a record player for monitoring at least two speeds such as 331/3 and 45 r.p.m. A turntable rim may be provided with a single stroboscope pattern for the relevant speeds. As they pass a light pulse generator, the marks of the stroboscope pattern are optically comparable with light pulse trains produced by a light pulse generator at one of a plurality of frequencies obtained from a given or a-c mains frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred Seitz