Patents by Inventor Frank L. Setinsek

Frank L. Setinsek 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).

  • Breast scanning system
    Patent number: 7771360
    Abstract: A breast scanning system scans a breast of a patient with transducer arrays that transmit and receive ultrasound signals in a bath containing a medium, such as a liquid. A table is disposable over the bath to receive the patient thereon, and has an aperture formed in the table and positionable over the bath to receive the breast of the patient pendent therethrough and into the bath. The table is linearly vertically displaceable with respect to the bath. The system includes a preconditioning tank to precondition the liquid prior to being introduced into the bath. The bath includes means for securing the breast within the bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Techniscan, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Johnson, Michael Berggren, David T. Borup, Barry K. Hanover, Rita Hanover, Martin Kammeyer, Scott Olsen, Jeffrey Pattee, Frank L. Setinsek, Kortlan D. Stewart, James Wiskin