Patents by Inventor Joeri Tuijn

Joeri Tuijn 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).

  • Apparatus for transporting and positioning a capsule in which a radioactive source is present
    Patent number: 8273007
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for transporting and positioning a capsule, in which a radioactive source is present, from a screened safe into an applicator to be temporarily placed in the body of the patient. The apparatus is provided with a safe for storing at least one capsule and with a larger number of applicators, which can be connected, via transport tubes, to passages in a switch-connecting plate, wherein the capsules, or a dummy instead of one of the capsules, can each, via their own tube and switch, independently of one another, be introduced into a transport tube selected by the respective switch and can be displaced therein independently of one another in a manner programmable with regard to location and residence time, by a transport wire slidable via a drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nucletron Operations B.V.
    Inventors: Eric van ′t Hooft, Libbe van Zwol, Joeri Tuijn
  • Apparatus for Transporting and Positioning a Capsule in which a Radioactive Source is Present
    Publication number: 20100305388
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for transporting and positioning a capsule, in which a radioactive source is present, from a screened safe into an applicator to be temporarily placed in the body of the patient. The apparatus is provided with a safe for storing at least one capsule and with a larger number of applicators, which can be connected, via transport tubes, to passages in a switch-connecting plate, wherein the capsules, or a dummy instead of one of the capsules, can each, via their own tube and switch, independently of one another, be introduced into a transport tube selected by the respective switch and can be displaced therein independently of one another in a manner programmable with regard to location and residence time, by a transport wire slidable via a drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Isodose Control B.V.
    Inventors: Eric van't Hooft, Libbe van Zwol, Joeri Tuijn
  • Apparatus for transporting and positioning a capsule in which a radioactive source is present
    Patent number: 7645224
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for transporting and positioning a capsule, in which a radioactive source is present, from a screened safe into an applicator to be temporarily placed in the body of the patient. The apparatus is provided with a safe for storing at least one capsule and with a larger number of applicators, which can be connected, via transport tubes, to passages in a switch-connecting plate, wherein the capsules, or a dummy instead of one of the capsules, can each, via their own tube and switch, independently of one another, be introduced into a transport tube selected by the respective switch and can be displaced therein independently of one another in a manner programmable with regard to location and residence time, by a transport wire slidable via a drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Isodose Control Intellectual Property B.V.
    Inventors: Eric van't Hooft, Libbe van Zwol, Joeri Tuijn
  • Apparatus for transporting and positioning a capsule in which a radioactive source is present
    Publication number: 20050261539
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for transporting and positioning a capsule, in which a radioactive source is present, from a screened safe into an applicator to be temporarily placed in the body of the patient. The apparatus is provided with a safe for storing at least one capsule and with a larger number of applicators, which can be connected, via transport tubes, to passages in a switch-connecting plate, wherein the capsules, or a dummy instead of one of the capsules, can each, via their own tube and switch, independently of one another, be introduced into a transport tube selected by the respective switch and can be displaced therein independently of one another in a manner programmable with regard to location and residence time, by a transport wire slidable via a drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Isodose Control B.V.
    Inventors: Eric van't Hooft, Libbe van Zwol, Joeri Tuijn