Patents by Inventor Antonius Leonardus Johannes VAN NOORT

Antonius Leonardus Johannes VAN NOORT 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).

  • ULTRASOUND PROBE POSITIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230157664
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe positioning system comprises a positioning unit for holding an ultrasound probe unit and for moving the ultrasound probe unit and positioning it at a target position and a positioning control unit configured to provide target positioning data indicative of a target position that establishes a mechanical contact of the ultrasound probe unit with an external object and to control the mechanical positioning unit in moving and positioning the ultrasound probe at the target position. The positioning unit comprises a force actuation unit configured to adapt a pressing force amount of a mechanical pressing force exerted on the object in response to a variation of a counterforce amount so as to maintain a predetermined net pressing force amount exerted by the mechanical pressing force against the counterforce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: AALDERT JAN ELEVELT, WILHELMUS JOSEPHUS BOX, SASKIA MARIA CAMPS, JACOBUS SIGBERTUS MARIE GERAATS, ANTONIUS LEONARDUS JOHANNES VAN NOORT, ANTONIUS MARIA RIJKEN, JACEK LUKASZ KUSTRA
  • Ultrasound probe positioning system and method of hands-free controlling the pressure applied by an ultrasound probe to an external object
    Patent number: 11583250
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe positioning system (100) comprises a positioning unit (102) for holding an ultrasound probe unit (104) and for moving the ultrasound probe unit and positioning it at a target position and a positioning control unit (106) configured to provide target positioning data indicative of a target position that establishes a mechanical contact of the ultrasound probe unit with an external object (110) and to control the mechanical positioning unit in moving and positioning the ultrasound probe at the target position. The positioning unit comprises a force actuation unit (108) configured to adapt a pressing force amount of a mechanical pressing force exerted on the object in response to a variation of a counterforce amount so as to maintain a predetermined net pressing force amount exerted by the mechanical pressing force against the counterforce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Aaldert Jan Elevelt, Wilhelmus Josephus Box, Saskia Maria Camps, Jacobus Sigbertus Marie Geraats, Antonius Leonardus Johannes Van Noort, Antonius Maria Rijken, Jacek Lukasz Kustra
  • ULTRASOUND PROBE POSITIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210298719
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe positioning system (100) comprises a positioning unit (102) for holding an ultrasound probe unit (104) and for moving the ultrasound probe unit and positioning it at a target position and a positioning control unit (106) configured to provide target positioning data indicative of a target position that establishes a mechanical contact of the ultrasound probe unit with an external object (110) and to control the mechanical positioning unit in moving and positioning the ultrasound probe at the target position. The positioning unit comprises a force actuation unit (108) configured to adapt a pressing force amount of a mechanical pressing force exerted on the object in response to a variation of a counterforce amount so as to maintain a predetermined net pressing force amount exerted by the mechanical pressing force against the counterforce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aaldert Jan ELEVELT, Wilhelmus Josephus BOX, Saskia Maria CAMPS, Jacobus Sigbertus Marie GERAATS, Antonius Leonardus Johannes VAN NOORT, Antonius Maria RIJKEN, Jacek Lukasz KUSTRA