Patents by Inventor David Gerard Mliner

David Gerard Mliner 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).

  • Scintillator arrays for radiation detectors and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 6898265
    Abstract: A pixilated scintillator array for a radiation detector of an imaging system includes a plurality of scintillator pixels arranged side by side in an array. The scintillator pixels are separated from adjacent scintillator pixels by gaps. Each scintillator pixels includes a top surface, a plurality of side surfaces, and a first layer covering the top surface and the side surfaces of each scintillator pixel. The first layer is formed from a smoothing coating. A second layer formed from a reflective metal coating covers the first layer, and a third layer formed from a barrier coating covers the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: David Gerard Mliner, Haochuan Jiang, Richard Louis Hart, Chang Wei, Jaime Andres Echeverry