Patents by Inventor Armin Runz

Armin Runz 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).

  • Leaf module for a multi-leaf collimator and multi-leaf collimator
    Patent number: 9437340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a leaf module (102) for a multi-leaf collimator (132), comprising a leaf unit (104) and a leaf drive unit (106), wherein the leaf unit (104) comprises a leaf (108) for shielding beams from a selected area, and the leaf unit (104) is mounted displaceably in an adjusting direction (110), wherein the leaf drive unit (106) is designed to displace the leaf unit (104) linearly in the adjusting direction (110), and wherein the leaf drive unit (106) comprises at least one drive mechanism (112), being designed in such a way that the drive mechanism (112) operates based on pneumatic actuation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a multi-leaf collimator (132) comprising a plurality of leaf modules (102) according to the invention. The invention is based on the objective of designing a leaf module (102) and a multi-leaf collimator (132) as compactly as possible, while achieving a simple, reliable and variable adjustability of the leaf unit (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, PRECISIS AG
    Inventors: Gernot Echner, Armin Runz, Martin Baumann, Stefan Ueltzhöffer
  • LEAF MODULE FOR A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR AND MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR
    Publication number: 20150170778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a leaf module (102) for a multi-leaf collimator (132), comprising a leaf unit (104) and a leaf drive unit (106), wherein the leaf unit (104) comprises a leaf (108) for shielding beams from a selected area, and the leaf unit (104) is mounted displaceably in an adjusting direction (110), wherein the leaf drive unit (106) is designed to displace the leaf unit (104) linearly in the adjusting direction (110), and wherein the leaf drive unit (106) comprises at least one drive mechanism (112), being designed in such a way that the drive mechanism (112) operates based on pneumatic actuation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a multi-leaf collimator (132) comprising a plurality of leaf modules (102) according to the invention. The invention is based on the objective of designing a leaf module (102) and a multi-leaf collimator (132) as compactly as possible, while achieving a simple, reliable and variable adjustability of the leaf unit (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Precisis AG
    Inventors: Gernot Echner, Armin Runz, Martin Baumann, Stefan Ueltzhöffer
  • DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS FOR POSITRON EMISSION IMAGING USING F-18 RADIO-LABELED AMINO-ALCOHOLS
    Publication number: 20090130020
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds F-18 radio-labeled amino-alcohols suitable for labeling or already labeled by 18F methods of preparing such a compound, compositions comprising such compounds, kits comprising such compounds or compositions and uses of such compounds, compositions or kits for diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography (PET).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Lutz Lehmann, Mathias Berndt, Dietmar Berndorff, Sabine Zitzmann-Kolbe, Ulrike Bauder-Wust, Martin Schafer, Uwe Haberkorn, Michael Eisenhut, Armin Runz