Patents by Inventor Kay Uwe Seemann

Kay Uwe Seemann 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).

  • Patent number: 11701076
    Abstract: An operating device for a medical system for imaging and/or intervention is disclosed. In an embodiment, the operating device includes a housing; a grip region; a coupling unit; and a connecting unit. The connecting unit is configured to releasably connect to a holding structure for the operating device and, via the coupling unit, is coupled to the grip region such that a releasing of a releasable connection is caused by a gripping of the grip region with one hand of a person and an establishing of the releasable connection is caused by a letting go of the grip region. Further, the grip region is configured for carrying of the operating device by a gripping the grip region with one hand of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Arnulf Daum, Kay Uwe Seemann, Thorsten Büttner
  • Publication number: 20220160318
    Abstract: An operating device for a medical system for imaging and/or intervention is disclosed. In an embodiment, the operating device includes a housing; a grip region; a coupling unit; and a connecting unit. The connecting unit is configured to releasably connect to a holding structure for the operating device and, via the coupling unit, is coupled to the grip region such that a releasing of a releasable connection is caused by a gripping of the grip region with one hand of a person and an establishing of the releasable connection is caused by a letting go of the grip region. Further, the grip region is configured for carrying of the operating device by a gripping the grip region with one hand of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Arnulf DAUM, Kay Uwe Seemann, Thorsten Büttner
  • Publication number: 20210405700
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a tablet computer unit with a tablet computer and a first connecting unit, the second connecting unit having a set of ferromagnetic regions. The arrangement further includes a housing part of a medical imaging apparatus, wherein the housing part of the medical imaging apparatus has a covering and a second connecting unit. The covering has a depression in which the tablet computer unit can be accommodated in a form-fit manner and the second connecting unit is arranged in a region of the depression such that via the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit, a magnetic connection is formable which counteracts a removal of the tablet computer unit from the depression. The tablet computer unit includes a first contact-based energy transfer element for receiving electrical energy for the tablet computer, the energy transfer element being arranged in a region of the first connecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias BETZ, Marquart CIOLEK, Kay Uwe SEEMANN, Roman ACHLEITNER
  • Patent number: 10973604
    Abstract: A method is used to calibrate a light unit, including at least one light source, the light unit being part of a medical imaging apparatus. In an embodiment, the method includes positioning a calibration phantom at a calibration position, in particular a first calibration position; arranging the light source so that its beam illuminates the photodetector at least partially; starting or continuing the recording of light intensities using the photodetector; modulating the signal of the light source at least once; rotating the light beam around a given rotation axis while recording the rotational position; synchronizing the time values of the rotational position of the light beam and the acquired signal intensities using the modulation of the light signal; and mapping the rotational position, in particular the rotation angle, of the light beam to a spatial position using the light intensities recorded by the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Distler, Matthias Baer-Beck, Jochen Ostermaier, Volker That, Frauke Eenboom, Kay Uwe Seemann
  • Publication number: 20210030512
    Abstract: A method is used to calibrate a light unit, including at least one light source, the light unit being part of a medical imaging apparatus. In an embodiment, the method includes positioning a calibration phantom at a calibration position, in particular a first calibration position; arranging the light source so that its beam illuminates the photodetector at least partially; starting or continuing the recording of light intensities using the photodetector; modulating the signal of the light source at least once; rotating the light beam around a given rotation axis while recording the rotational position; synchronizing the time values of the rotational position of the light beam and the acquired signal intensities using the modulation of the light signal; and mapping the rotational position, in particular the rotation angle, of the light beam to a spatial position using the light intensities recorded by the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand DISTLER, Matthias BAER-BECK, Jochen OSTERMAIER, Volker THAT, Frauke EENBOOM, Kay Uwe SEEMANN
  • Patent number: 8587312
    Abstract: At least one non-stationary coil in a magnetic resonance tomography system is attached with a fastener to a displaceable bed. The fastener has a position detector incorporated therein to determine the position or a component of the position of the non-stationary coil. The portion of the position is, for example, the position along the axis of symmetry of the measurement tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Carl Udo Maier, Jochen Ostermaier, Kay Uwe Seemann
  • Patent number: 8415949
    Abstract: In a device and a method to determine the position of at least one local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, the field strength of a magnetic field is measured at multiple locations with at least one magnetic field strength sensor, and the position of the local coil (6) is determined based on the field strength measured at multiple locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Klaus Ludwig, Kay Uwe Seemann, Johann Sukkau
  • Publication number: 20100289492
    Abstract: In a device and a method to determine the position of at least one local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, the field strength of a magnetic field is measured at multiple locations with at least one magnetic field strength sensor, and the position of the local coil (6) is determined based on the field strength measured at multiple locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Klaus Ludwig, Kay Uwe Seemann, Johann Sukkau
  • Publication number: 20100272229
    Abstract: At least one non-stationary coil in a magnetic resonance tomography system is attached with a fastener to a displaceable bed. The fastener has a position detector incorporated therein to determine the position or a component of the position of the non-stationary coil. The portion of the position is, for example, the position along the axis of symmetry of the measurement tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Biber, Carl Udo Maier, Jochen Ostermaier, Kay Uwe Seemann