Patents by Inventor Michael Fred Hoge

Michael Fred Hoge 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for radiation detection
    Patent number: 7235790
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a detector assembly includes positioning a first scintillator array on a first side of a flexible member, and positioning a first collimator array on a second side of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Fred Hoge
  • Scintillator arrays for radiation detectors and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 7099429
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a scintillator array for a radiation detector of an imaging system includes fabricating a scintillator array including a plurality of scintillators arranged side by side, each of the scintillators separated from adjacent scintillators such that a gap is defined therebetween, each of the scintillators having a geometric shape defined by a plurality of external surfaces, fabricating a pre-formed reflector having a plurality of cavities defined therein, each cavity having a geometric shape substantially similar to each scintillator geometric shape, and coupling the scintillator array and the pre-formed detector such that each respective scintillator is positioned at least partially within at least one respective reflector cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Hoffman, Michael Fred Hoge