Patents by Inventor Michael Dulude

Michael Dulude 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).

  • Lighting arrangement for a medical imaging system
    Patent number: 12048572
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement for a medical imaging system having a cylindrical wall that forms a tunnel that receives a patient to be scanned. The lighting arrangement includes a light transmitting section aligned on a longitudinal axis of the imaging system wherein the light transmitting section forms a part of the tunnel. The lighting arrangement also includes a reflector section that is radially outside the light transmitting section. In addition, the lighting arrangement includes at least one lighting device located between the reflector section and light transmitting section wherein the lighting device emits light that is reflected by the reflector section onto the light transmitting section and wherein the light is then transmitted through the light transmitting section and into the tunnel to circumferentially illuminate the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ziad Burbar, James L. Corbeil, Jeffrey Bostrom, James Williams, Michael Dulude, Keith Gerlach
  • LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230346325
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement for a medical imaging system having a cylindrical wall that forms a tunnel that receives a patient to be scanned. The lighting arrangement includes a light transmitting section aligned on a longitudinal axis of the imaging system wherein the light transmitting section forms a part of the tunnel. The lighting arrangement also includes a reflector section that is radially outside the light transmitting section. In addition, the lighting arrangement includes at least one lighting device located between the reflector section and light transmitting section wherein the lighting device emits light that is reflected by the reflector section onto the light transmitting section and wherein the light is then transmitted through the light transmitting section and into the tunnel to circumferentially illuminate the tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ziad Burbar, James L. Corbeil, Jeffrey Bostrom, James Williams, Michael Dulude, Keith Gerlach
  • PET imaging scanner
    Patent number: D963861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dulude, Ansgar Graw
  • PET imaging system
    Patent number: D965151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dulude, Ansgar Graw