Patents by Inventor Michael Dale Maki

Michael Dale Maki 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).

  • Retractable collimator apparatus for a CT-PET system
    Patent number: 6700949
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a combined CT-PET system wherein a CT source and detector are mounted to a front end of a CT support and the support forms a parking space about a translation axis, a PET detector is mounted to a rear end of the support and a collimator support extends from the PET detector at least part way into the parking space, a collimator is mounted to the collimator support for movement between first and second positions inside the PET detector and outside the PET detector and at least partially within the parking space, respectively, a radiation blocking shield is mounted to the PET detector opposite the CT support to block radiation from that direction from being detected by the PET detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology LLC
    Inventors: Larry Susami, Michael Dale Maki, Thomas Robert Schaefer
  • Retractable collimator apparatus for a CT-PET system
    Publication number: 20030058984
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a combined CT-PET system wherein a CT source and detector are mounted to a front end of a CT support and the support forms a parking space about a translation axis, a PET detector is mounted to a rear end of the support and a collimator support extends from the PET detector at least part way into the parking space, a collimator is mounted to the collimator support for movement between first and second positions inside the PET detector and outside the PET detector and at least partially within the parking space, respectively, a radiation blocking shield is mounted to the PET detector opposite the CT support to block radiation from that direction from being detected by the PET detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Larry Susami, Michael Dale Maki, Thomas Robert Schaefer