Patents by Inventor John Edward Close

John Edward Close 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 SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED MEDICAL TRANSPORT BACKBOARD DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20150164447
    Abstract: A method of imaging a patient and an X-ray imaging system are provided. The X-ray imaging system includes a support platform configured to support an object to be imaged and a digital X-ray imaging detector configured to receive incident radiation that has passed through the object, the X-ray imaging detector including a flexibility that permits the X-ray imaging detector to conform to a surface of the support platform, the X-ray imaging detector including a thickness of less than about four millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Judy Couture, Andrea Marie Schmitz, John Edward Close