Patents by Inventor Jens Breitenborn

Jens Breitenborn 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).

  • Method and apparatus for positioning a biopsy needle
    Patent number: 8423120
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for positioning a biopsy needle relative to lesion tissue. A desired imaging modality can be used to image the human or animal tissue to locate lesion tissue. Such an image can be referred to as a diagnostic image. In a specific embodiment, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be utilized to locate one or more lesions in a human breast. An interventional instrument, such as a means for effecting a biopsy of the lesion tissue can then be positioned proximate the lesion tissue based of the location information about the location of the lesion tissue obtained from the diagnostic image. The desired imaging modality can then be used to confirm the accuracy of the position of the means for effecting a biopsy with respect to the lesion. In a specific embodiment, MRI can be utilized to confirm the accuracy of the position of a biopsy needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Tynes, Bernd Kümmerlen, Jens Breitenborn, Hartmut Jürgens, Sven Kohle, Jessica Brandt
  • Method and apparatus for positioning a biopsy needle
    Publication number: 20060052693
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for positioning a biopsy needle relative to lesion tissue. A desired imaging modality can be used to image the human or animal tissue to locate lesion tissue. Such an image can be referred to as a diagnostic image. In a specific embodiment, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be utilized to locate one or more lesions in a human breast. An interventional instrument, such as a means for effecting a biopsy of the lesion tissue can then be positioned proximate the lesion tissue based of the location information about the location of the lesion tissue obtained from the diagnostic image. The desired imaging modality can then be used to confirm the accuracy of the position of the means for effecting a biopsy with respect to the lesion. In a specific embodiment, MRI can be utilized to confirm the accuracy of the position of a biopsy needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Tynes, Bernd Kummerlen, Jens Breitenborn, Hartmut Jurgens, Sven Kohle, Jessica Brandt