Patents by Inventor Manuel Menéndez Desco

Manuel Menéndez Desco 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).

  • Multi-modality tomography apparatus
    Patent number: 8259899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-modality tomography apparatus (11) including a first tomograph (13) and a second tomograph or imaging system (14) using different tomography techniques, such as X-ray CT tomography and PET or SPECT tomography, or a tomographic or planar optical imaging system, which are located on the same face of a support means (12) which can rotate in both directions of rotation around an axial support shaft (12), such that a subject undergoing examination and placed on a subject support does not have to be moved during a tomographic examination with any of the two tomographs (13, 14) installed on the same face of the support (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fundacion Para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Gregorio Maranon
    Inventors: Juan José Vaquero López, Manuel Menéndez Desco
  • Multi-Modality Tomography Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090213983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-modality tomography apparatus (11) including a first tomograph (13) and a second tomograph or imaging system (14) using different tomography techniques, such as X-ray CT tomography and PET or SPECT tomography, or a tomographic or planar optical imaging system, which are located on the same face of a support means (12) which can rotate in both directions of rotation around an axial support shaft (12), such that a subject undergoing examination and placed on a subject support does not have to be moved during a tomographic examination with any of the two tomographs (13, 14) installed on the same face of the support (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Juan Jose Vaquero Lopez, Manuel Menéndez Desco