Patents by Inventor Avner Elgaly

Avner Elgaly 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).

  • Publication number: 20090323899
    Abstract: A Grid (1) for selective absorption of electromagnetic radiation (2, 3), as used e.g. in CT or NM imaging, comprises a block of a rigid foam material (4), where the foam material is essentially transparent to the electromagnetic radiation (2, 3), a first set of radiation absorbing lamellae (5), and a second set of radiation absorbing lamellae (6), the first and the second set of lamellae are arranged in the block of foam material so that a radiation transmission direction (T) is defined, the first set of lamellae and the second set of lamellae being arranged on top of each other with respect to the transmission direction (T). Such a grid arrangement is rigid due to the use of a carrier material, can be manufactured precisely and, furthermore, two-dimensional grids can be manufactured without the need to physically intersect the lamellae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
    Inventors: Ralf Dorscheid, Gereon Vogtmeier, Roger Steadman, Roy K. Groom, Avner Elgaly