Patents by Inventor Michael Gente

Michael Gente 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: 20210169363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining impedance (AC resistance) on a tooth. The impedance is determined by measuring the voltage at a given current intensity or by measuring the current intensity at a given voltage. Determining the impedance on a tooth is used for diagnosing tooth decay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Gente, Matthias Willamowski
  • Patent number: 10192646
    Abstract: A radiation shielding system for an x-ray digital detector array includes a first radiation shield having a plurality of shielding pads and a plurality of interstices between the plurality of shielding pads, the plurality of shielding pads having a greater thickness than the thickness of the plurality of interstices. The plurality of shielding pads is configured to be positioned over active components of the x-ray digital detector array and the interstices are configured to be positioned over passive components of the x-ray digital detector array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Susanne Madeline Lee, Douglas Albagli, James Michael Gent, Kevin Edward Kinsey
  • Patent number: 9883931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for the application of composites in tooth cavities. The device consists of a spray gun with integrated lighting for light-polymerizable composites, a measuring unit and a control unit. The composites are applied under controlled, precisely dosed exposure to polymerization light. According to the invention, the composite initially runs onto the walls of the cavity or onto previously introduced filling material and then, as a result of the light exposure, is transformed into the gel state. Thus, a large part of the polymerization shrinkage of the composite occurs while the composite is still plastically deformable so that any formation of gaps is compensated by the composite continuing to flow. It is only at this point in time that a sufficiently high dosage of light is applied for complete curing to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Michael Gente, Simone Dudda, Arnd Peschke, Gottfried Rohner, Ulrich Salz, Andreas Facher
  • Publication number: 20170309355
    Abstract: A radiation shielding system for an x-ray digital detector array includes a first radiation shield having a plurality of shielding pads and a plurality of interstices between the plurality of shielding pads, the plurality of shielding pads having a greater thickness than the thickness of the plurality of interstices. The plurality of shielding pads is configured to be positioned over active components of the x-ray digital detector array and the interstices are configured to be positioned over passive components of the x-ray digital detector array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Susanne Madeline Lee, Douglas Albagli, James Michael Gent, Kevin Edward Kinsey
  • Patent number: 9689997
    Abstract: An imaging system includes plural modular imaging detectors and a readout electronics unit. Each modular imaging detector includes pixels configured to collect imaging data, a substrate on which the pixels are disposed, and a mechanical interconnection feature. The mechanical interconnection feature is configured to cooperate with a corresponding mechanical interconnection feature of at least one other of the modular imaging detectors to directly join the modular imaging detector to the at least one other of the modular imaging detectors. The readout electronics unit is configured to be operably coupled to the modular imaging detectors and to receive signals corresponding to the imaging data from the modular imaging detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Ryan Konkle, John Michael Sabol, James Michael Gent, Aaron Couture
  • Publication number: 20160070006
    Abstract: An imaging system includes plural modular imaging detectors and a readout electronics unit. Each modular imaging detector includes pixels configured to collect imaging data, a substrate on which the pixels are disposed, and a mechanical interconnection feature. The mechanical interconnection feature is configured to cooperate with a corresponding mechanical interconnection feature of at least one other of the modular imaging detectors to directly join the modular imaging detector to the at least one other of the modular imaging detectors. The readout electronics unit is configured to be operably coupled to the modular imaging detectors and to receive signals corresponding to the imaging data from the modular imaging detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Ryan Konkle, John Michael Sabol, James Michael Gent, Aaron Couture
  • Publication number: 20150230900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for the application of composites in tooth cavities. The device consists of a spray gun with integrated lighting for light-polymerizable composites, a measuring unit and a control unit. The composites are applied under controlled, precisely dosed exposure to polymerization light. According to the invention, the composite initially runs onto the walls of the cavity or onto previously introduced filling material and then, as a result of the light exposure, is transformed into the gel state. Thus, a large part of the polymerization shrinkage of the composite occurs while the composite is still plastically deformable so that any formation of gaps is compensated by the composite continuing to flow. It is only at this point in time that a sufficiently high dosage of light is applied for complete curing to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Gente, Simone Dudda, Arndt Peschke, Gottfried Rohner, Ulrich Salz, Andreas Facher
  • Patent number: 6463125
    Abstract: A brazed X-ray target includes a metallic cap and a graphite back including a nonlinear record groove attached thereto along a stepped surface. An upper corner joint of the stepped surface is distanced from a cap outer edge and a focal track where the maximum heat is generated during use of the target. The graphite back is extended outward toward the cap outer edge to increase a thermal storage of the graphite, and a recess is formed into the cap to maintain a selected moment of inertia of the target and thereby maintain the rotordynamics of a given X-ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Constantinos Minas, Mark G. Benz, Charles G. Mukira, Paul A. Siemers, Thomas Robert Raber, John Robert Breunissen, Richard Warren Lindberg, Gregory A. Steinlage, Douglas J. Snyder, Ping Huang, James Michael Gent, Gregory Reznikov