Patents by Inventor Jacob Pruess

Jacob Pruess 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).

  • Portable imaging system method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7082185
    Abstract: An operator shielded X-ray imaging system has sufficiently low mass (less than 300 kg) and is compact enough to enable portability by reducing operator shielding requirements to a minimum shielded volume. The resultant shielded volume may require a relatively small mass of shielding in addition to the already integrally shielded X-ray source, intensifier, and detector. The system is suitable for portable imaging of well cores at remotely located well drilling sites. The system accommodates either small samples, or small cross-sectioned objects of unlimited length. By rotating samples relative to the imaging device, the information required for computer aided tomographic reconstruction may be obtained. By further translating the samples relative to the imaging system, fully three dimensional (3D) tomographic reconstructions may be obtained of samples having arbitrary length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Barry M. Freifeld, Timothy J. Kneafsley, Jacob Pruess, Liviu Tomutsa, Paul A. Reiter, Ted M. deCastro
  • Portable imaging system method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20040218716
    Abstract: An operator shielded X-ray imaging system has sufficiently low mass (less than 300 kg) and is compact enough to enable portability by reducing operator shielding requirements to a minimum shielded volume. The resultant shielded volume may require a relatively small mass of shielding in addition to the already integrally shielded X-ray source, intensifier, and detector. The system is suitable for portable imaging of well cores at remotely located well drilling sites. The system accommodates either small samples, or small cross-sectioned objects of unlimited length. By rotating samples relative to the imaging device, the information required for computer aided tomographic reconstruction may be obtained. By further translating the samples relative to the imaging system, fully three dimensional (3D) tomographic reconstructions may be obtained of samples having arbitrary length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Barry M. Freifeld, Timothy J. Kneafsey, Jacob Pruess, Liviu Tomutsa, Paul A. Reiter, Ted M. de Castro