Patents by Inventor Ann-Sofi Hoff

Ann-Sofi Hoff 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).

  • X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations
    Patent number: 6816569
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube, a holder for an image receiver and a subject table. The holder and the subject table are laterally adjustable relative to one another. A compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table is connected to and displaceable along the arm. The arm is rotatable around a horizontal shaft attached to a stand. In order to maintain the image receiver located in the X-ray field simply and inexpensively given rotation of the subject table or of the image receiver from a vertical attitude into a lateral attitude, the holder for the image receiver is connected to the arm, and the subject table is laterally displaceable relative to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jesper Andreasson, Ann-Sofi Hoff, Stefan Karlsson
  • X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations
    Publication number: 20030076923
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube, a holder for an image receiver and a subject table. The holder and the subject table are laterally adjustable relative to one another. A compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table is connected to and displaceable along the arm. The arm is rotatable around a horizontal shaft attached to a stand. In order to maintain the image receiver located in the X-ray field simply and inexpensively given rotation of the subject table or of the image receiver from a vertical attitude into a lateral attitude, the holder for the image receiver is connected to the arm, and the subject table is laterally displaceable relative to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens Elema
    Inventors: Jesper Andreasson, Ann-Sofi Hoff, Stefan Karlsson