Patents by Inventor Henk Kole

Henk Kole 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).

  • Medical equipment provided with a coating
    Patent number: 7416787
    Abstract: Disclosed is medical equipment, the surface of which being at least partially provided with a coating which is provided by means of a sol-gel process. By applying such coating staining of the medical equipment by iodine-containing agents is prevented. The sol-gel coating can be cured at a curing temperature of 80° C. or lower. The medical equipment can, for example, comprise a tabletop of a diagnostic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Henk Kole, Anna Louise Bouwkampwijnoltz, Petrus Egidius Jacobus Legierse, Cornelis Gerardus Visser, Marcel Rene Boehmer
  • Marking method and market object
    Publication number: 20060213886
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of marking an object by means of a laser beam. Said method comprising the steps of: applying a donor film on a support, said support at least partly being transparent to the laser beam; placing the support with the donor film in proximity to the surface to be patterned, such that the donor film faces the object to be marked; irradiating the donor film with the laser beam through the support, thereby transcribing a pattern of the donor film to the object; and removing the support with the donor film from the object. The donor film has a thickness of at least 0.5 micron. Also disclosed is a marked object that is obtained by means of the above method, wherein the marking has a thickness of at least 0.5 micron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Renatus Sanders, Erik-Kees Engels, Willem Hoving, Henk Kole
  • Medical equipment provided with a coating
    Publication number: 20060177672
    Abstract: Disclosed is medical equipment, the surface of which being at least partially provided with a coating which is provided by means of a sol-gel process. By applying such coating staining of the medical equipment by iodine-containing agents is prevented. The sol-gel coating can be cured at a curing temperature of 80° C. or lower. The medical equipment can, for example, comprise a tabletop of a diagnostic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Henk Kole, Anna Bouwkampwijnoltz, Petrus Egidius Legierse, Cornelis Visser, Marcel Boehmer