Patents by Inventor Andreas Melber

Andreas Melber 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).

  • Pulsatile test simulator for evaluating the quality of an x-ray image
    Patent number: 7373851
    Abstract: A test simulator for image evaluation of x-ray systems has a flexible test phantom connected by a single connection tube with a single pump that fills and empties the test phantom with a medium. The test phantom thus contracts (as in a real heartbeat) for simulation of systole and subsequently expands for simulation of diastole. Due to the use of only one connection tube and only one pump for control, a simply designed test simulator is obtained since the pump both fills and empties the test phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alfred Faber, Robert Jorg, Andreas Melber, Thorsten Rombach
  • Pulsatile test simulator for evaluating the quality of an x-ray image
    Publication number: 20060027741
    Abstract: A test simulator for image evaluation of x-ray systems has a flexible test phantom connected by a single connection tube with a single pump that fills and empties the test phantom with a medium. The test phantom thus contracts (as in a real heartbeat) for simulation of systole and subsequently expands for simulation of diastole. Due to the use of only one connection tube and only one pump for control, a simply designed test simulator is obtained since the pump both fills and empties the test phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Alfred Faber, Robert Jorg, Andreas Melber, Thorsten Rombach