Patents by Inventor Dean O. Bishop

Dean O. Bishop 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).

  • Foldable nuclear medicine gantry
    Patent number: 8177429
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect, imaging system (10, 190) includes a plurality of detector heads (12, 14, 80, 100, 202) and a frame (20) on which the plurality of detector heads are mounted. The frame is configurable in (i) an operational configuration in which the detector heads are arranged to be manipulated by the frame to acquire imaging data, and (ii) a shipping configuration in which the detector heads remain mounted on the frame and the imaging system is reduced in size along at least one dimension compared with the operational configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Dumitru Dragan, Dean O. Bishop, Rizwan S. Hassan, Jorge I. Zapata
  • FOLDABLE NUCLEAR MEDICINE GANTRY
    Publication number: 20100020919
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect, imaging system (10, 190) includes a plurality of detector heads (12, 14, 80, 100, 202) and a frame (20) on which the plurality of detector heads are mounted. The frame is configurable in (i) an operational configuration in which the detector heads are arranged to be manipulated by the frame to acquire imaging data, and (ii) a shipping configuration in which the detector heads remain mounted on the frame and the imaging system is reduced in size along at least one dimension compared with the operational configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
    Inventors: Dumitru Dragan, Dean O. Bishop, Rizwan S. Hassan, Jorge I. Zapata