Patents by Inventor Michael Eberler

Michael Eberler 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).

  • Publication number: 20140008143
    Abstract: An enclosing device, in particular for a magnetic resonance device, includes at least one first enclosing shell and at least one second enclosing shell. The enclosing device has a double-walled enclosing shell unit which comprises the first enclosing shell and the second enclosing shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Eberler
  • Patent number: 8108026
    Abstract: A sandwich structure which attenuates the PET radiation minimally, is used as a support tube for the transmit antenna. In at least one embodiment, it includes a thin strong inner wall, a likewise thin and strong outer wall and an interior of the support tube which is of the honeycomb type or is made of foam material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Jürgen Nistler, Wolfgang Renz, Günther Zebelein
  • Patent number: 7928731
    Abstract: An arrangement for the adjustment of the homogeneity of a basic magnetic field in a magnetic resonance apparatus includes gradient coil support fashioned to support a gradient coil system. The gradient coil support has at least one channel that is fashioned to accommodate an associated shim tray. The shim tray is designed to accommodate ferromagnetic shim elements at predetermined positions in order to adjust the homogeneity of the basic magnetic field of the magnetic resonance apparatus. The shim tray has a first locking element coupled with it. The channel has a second locking element, and the first and second locking element are shaped such that both are positively connected with one another by a force produced by the basic magnetic field of the magnetic resonance apparatus upon activation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Andreas Krug, Johann Schuster, Stefan Stocker
  • Publication number: 20100164675
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a cylindrical high-frequency shield of a cylindrical gradient coil for a magnetic resonance system, a number of planar shield elements are placed adjacent to one another on a cylindrical support, together with a solder band or solder strip on the support. The segments or elements are inductively soldered together by an inductive soldering device that moves along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Johann Schuster
  • Publication number: 20090267607
    Abstract: An arrangement for the adjustment of the homogeneity of a basic magnetic field in a magnetic resonance apparatus includes gradient coil support fashioned to support a gradient coil system. The gradient coil support has at least one channel that is fashioned to accommodate an associated shim tray. The shim tray is designed to accommodate ferromagnetic shim elements at predetermined positions in order to adjust the homogeneity of the basic magnetic field of the magnetic resonance apparatus. The shim tray has a first locking element coupled with it. The channel has a second locking element, and the first and second locking element are shaped such that both are positively connected with one another by a force produced by the basic magnetic field of the magnetic resonance apparatus upon activation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Andreas Krug, Johann Schuster, Stefan Stocker
  • Publication number: 20080267478
    Abstract: A sandwich structure which attenuates the PET radiation only very slightly, is used as a support tube for the transmit antenna. In at least one embodiment, it includes a thin strong inner wall, a likewise thin and strong outer wall and an interior of the support tube which is of the honeycomb type or is made of foam material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Jurgen Nistler, Wolfgang Renz, Gunther Zebelein
  • Patent number: 7421747
    Abstract: A device to install and remove a structural component in and from a medical large device has a guide system that simplifies the difficult handling of the structural component due to the size or the weight of the structural component. The guide system has a first guide rail that can be positioned on a height-adjustable patient bed of the large device, and a guide groove which is arranged on the structural component. Additionally, another second guide rail can be attached to the medical large device, which forms an extension of the first guide rail when the patient bed is correspondingly positioned. With this device the structural component can be easily raised and lowered with the aid of the height-adjustable patient bed, and can easily be slid into and out of the large device when the first and second rails are at the same height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Wolfgang Renz, Guenther Zebelein
  • Patent number: 7382131
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a gradient coil system for a magnetic resonance apparatus, the conductor arrangement of the gradient coil system is produced by successively applying respective layers of metal powder sinter material on a workpiece platform, and successively sintering the respective layers by the application of radiation, such as laser radiation, to the individual layers, and the conductor arrangement is assembled with other components to produce the gradient coil system. A gradient coil system manufactured in accordance with this method includes a number of assembled components, including an electrical conductor arrangement, with the electrical conductor arrangement having conductors formed by radiation-sintered metal powder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schön
  • Publication number: 20070216411
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a gradient coil system for a magnetic resonance apparatus, the conductor arrangement of the gradient coil system is produced by successively applying respective layers of metal powder sinter material on a workpiece platform, and successively sintering the respective layers by the application of radiation, such as laser radiation, to the individual layers, and the conductor arrangement is assembled with other components to produce the gradient coil system. A gradient coil system manufactured in accordance with this method includes a number of assembled components, including an electrical conductor arrangement, with the electrical conductor arrangement having conductors formed by radiation-sintered metal powder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schon
  • Publication number: 20050155151
    Abstract: Supporting tube made from reinforced plastic for magnetic resonance scanners with tracks for a patient bed and load-bearing shells formed on both sides, opening upwardly, with fastening members on the undersides is manufactured including the guide rails and the under embedded fastening members from mold-cast plastic and is locally provided with cast-in reinforcements only in the region bf the load-bearing shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Lothar Schon
  • Patent number: 6825665
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a basic field magnet that is surrounded by a magnet envelope. This basic field magnet surrounds and limits an interior space with a gradient coil system disposed in this interior space and a body coil having an RF antenna and a carrying tube disposed in said gradient coil system as an inner encapsulation cylinder. The magnet envelope and the gradient coil system are both optically as well as acoustically closed by the body coil and a cladding at the end faces and in the interior. The body coil is manufactured by a vacuum casting or vacuum die-casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck
  • Publication number: 20040158922
    Abstract: A device to install and remove a structural component in and from a medical large device has a guide system that simplifies the difficult handling of the structural component due to the size or the weight of the structural component. The guide system has a first guide rail that can be positioned on a height-adjustable patient bed of the large device, and a guide groove which is arranged on the structural component. Additionally, another second guide rail can be attached to the medical large device, which forms an extension of the first guide rail when the patient bed is correspondingly positioned. With this device the structural component can be easily raised and lowered with the aid of the height-adjustable patient bed, and can easily be slid into and out of the large device when the first and second rails are at the same height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Wolfgang Renz, Guenther Zebelein
  • Publication number: 20040021467
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a basic field magnet that is surrounded by a magnet envelope. This basic field magnet surrounds and limits an interior space with a gradient coil system disposed in this interior space and a body coil having an RF antenna and a carrying tube disposed in said gradient coil system as an inner encapsulation cylinder. The magnet envelope and the gradient coil system are both optically as well as acoustically closed by the body coil and a cladding at the end faces and in the interior. The body coil is manufactured by a vacuum casting or vacuum die-casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck
  • Patent number: D738505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Florian Hilbig, Dirk Licht, Bernd Maciejewski
  • Patent number: D758587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Florian Hilbig, Dirk Licht, Bernd Maciejewski