Patents by Inventor Michael Waschbüsch
Michael Waschbüsch 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).
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Publication number: 20240124250Abstract: A suction gripping device for picking up a plurality of substrates which are flat and flexible includes: a base body, which defines a plane; at least one gas suction vacuum module which is arranged on the base body and has at least one gas suction opening configured for withdrawing gas by suction and for generating a first vacuum so as to suction a respective one of the plurality of substrates against the suction gripping device; and at least one gas ejection vacuum module which is arranged on the base body and has a gas ejection opening configured for ejecting gas and for generating a second vacuum so as to suction the respective one of the plurality of substrates against the suction gripping device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Schott AGInventors: Klaus-Peter Kurek, Stefan Kreuzberger, Michael Waschbüsch, Volker Plapper, Ulrich Engelhardt, Dennis Frick, Nils Becker
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Publication number: 20230310896Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating dose information for a region of patient anatomy includes determining a first set of dose values for a first three-dimensional (3D) image of the region, wherein each value in the first set of dose values is associated with a different voxel of the first 3D image, and wherein the first 3D image is associated with a specific application of dose to the region; determining a second set of dose values for a representative 3D image of the region, wherein each value in the second set of dose values is associated with a different voxel of the representative 3D image; determining a set of geometric error models for the representative 3D image of the region, wherein each geometric error model in the set of geometric error models indicates a geometric error between a voxel of the representative 3D image and one or more voxels of a treatment fraction 3D image of the region; and based on the second set of dose values and the set of geometric error models, determining a set of doType: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Tomasz MORGAS, Tobias GASS, Thomas CORADI, Fernando FRANCO, Michael WASCHBÜESCH
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Patent number: 11634352Abstract: An apparatus for shaping a workpiece made of glass using minimum lubrication is provided. The apparatus includes device for heating the workpiece, a shaping station with at least one forming tool for shaping the workpiece, and at least one spray nozzle for applying an oil as a lubricant onto the surface of the forming tool. The forming tool exhibits heat dissipation such that the temperature on the contact surface of the forming tool during the shaping process is kept below 300° C. The amount of oil dispensed by the spray nozzle per forming step and application instance is less than 0.1 g.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SCHOTT PHARMA AG & CO. KGAAInventors: Alexander Glacki, Robert Kruse, Doris Moseler, Michael Waschbüsch, Jörg Witte, Robert Frost
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Publication number: 20220238082Abstract: A technology enables interactive control of simultaneously displayed multiple images with high dynamic ranges, which software automation processes are programmed to reduce the complexity in managing and viewing the post window/level adjustment of the multiple images. An image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of the images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module automatically links the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Michael WASCHBUESCH, Peter MUNRO
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Patent number: 11315529Abstract: A technology enables interactive control of simultaneously displayed multiple images with high dynamic ranges, which software automation processes are programmed to reduce the complexity in managing and viewing the post window/level adjustment of the multiple images. An image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of the images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module automatically links the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Michael Waschbuesch, Peter Munro
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Publication number: 20220081343Abstract: A method is provided that includes providing a glass sheet of a thickness of at most 300 ?m and irradiating the glass sheet with a pulsed laser beam. The laser beam has a light intensity inside the glass sheet leaves a filamentary damage along its path through the glass sheet. The laser beam and the glass sheet are moved relative to each other so that due to the pulses of the laser beam filamentary damages are inserted next to one another along a path running on the glass sheet. During the insertion of the filamentary damages, a tensile stress is applied on the glass at the filamentary damages and in the direction transverse to the path of the adjacent filamentary damages so that the glass sheet separates along the path during insertion of the filamentary damages.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Michael Waschbüsch, Volker Plapper, Klaus-Peter Kurek, Ulrich Engelhardt
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Patent number: 11195613Abstract: A control circuit operably couples to a memory having a plurality of different radiation treatment applications stored therein, a data store having patient data stored therein, and at least a first user interface comprising a first display and a first user input interface. The control circuit can be configured to present simultaneously, via the first display and for a given patient, at least two workspaces that each correspond to a different one of the radiation treatment applications wherein the workspaces are using patient data from the data store for the given patient. The control circuit can also be configured to present, via the user input interface, a bookmark capture opportunity, such that a user of the apparatus can selectively create a bookmark that captures a present state for both of the at least two workspaces and hence for the radiation treatment applications that correspond to the at least two workspaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: Varian Medical Systems International AG, Varian Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Keranen, Beat Markwalder, Marco Meier, Michael Waschbuesch
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Publication number: 20210221550Abstract: A glass container includes a hollow body of a glass material. The hollow body surrounds an inner volume and has a lower end and an upper end. A container opening extends through the upper end into the inner volume. The hollow body further includes a container collar surrounding the container opening, a container neck, a container shoulder, a container body, a container bottom closing the lower end, and an inner container surface facing the inner volume and an outer container surface facing away from the inner volume. The glass container is coated on its outer container surface at least partially with a coating and the coated glass container has an increased scratch resistance with respect to a contact of the glass container with at least one further glass container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Stephanie Mangold, Oliver Fratzer, Andrea Anton, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Michael Waschbüsch
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Publication number: 20210221732Abstract: A method for processing of glass containers includes: simultaneously subjecting the glass containers to a first processing step; and simultaneously subjecting the glass containers to a second processing step after the first processing step. At least one of before or during at least one of the first processing step or the second processing step an outer container surface of each glass container is contact-free or in contact with a material having a lower hardness than that of the glass container or only in contact with such materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Michael Waschbüsch, Hartmut Bauch, Oliver Fratzer, Andrea Anton, Hans-Joachim Schmitt
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Publication number: 20210056936Abstract: A technology enables interactive control of simultaneously displayed multiple images with high dynamic ranges, which software automation processes are programmed to reduce the complexity in managing and viewing the post window/level adjustment of the multiple images. An image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of the images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module automatically links the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Michael WASCHBUESCH, Peter MUNRO
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Patent number: 10854173Abstract: A technology enables interactive control of simultaneously displayed multiple images with high dynamic ranges, which software automation processes are programmed to reduce the complexity in managing and viewing the post window/level adjustment of the multiple images. An image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of the images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module automatically links the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Michael Waschbuesch, Peter Munro
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Publication number: 20200312449Abstract: A control circuit operably couples to a memory having a plurality of different radiation treatment applications stored therein, a data store having patient data stored therein, and at least a first user interface comprising a first display and a first user input interface. The control circuit can be configured to present simultaneously, via the first display and for a given patient, at least two workspaces that each correspond to a different one of the radiation treatment applications wherein the workspaces are using patient data from the data store for the given patient. The control circuit can also be configured to present, via the user input interface, a bookmark capture opportunity, such that a user of the apparatus can selectively create a bookmark that captures a present state for both of the at least two workspaces and hence for the radiation treatment applications that correspond to the at least two workspaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Wayne Keranen, Beat Markwalder, Marco Meier, Michael Waschbuesch
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Patent number: 10494288Abstract: A method is provided for reshaping a glass body rotating about its longitudinal axis. The method includes using a means for establishing a temperature profile, a radial forming tool and an axial forming tool. In the method, a first temperature profile is established and the glass body is reshaped by engaging the radial forming tool. Then a second temperature profile is established and the glass body is reshaped by engaging the axial forming tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Bernhard Hunzinger, Michael Waschbuesch, Xaver Jud, Johannes Segner
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Patent number: 10489678Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an image similarity based on image features. In one aspect, the image similarity determination is based on an image comparison tool. The image comparison tool may be trained, by a machine-learning system, to estimate a similarity between images based on a subset of image data comprised by image features. The estimate may be an estimate of how similar structures found in the images would be following a geometric transformation of some of the structures. In one aspect, an atlas image for performing automatic segmentation of an image is determined according to a comparison made using the image comparison tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG.Inventors: Benjamin Haas, Thomas Coradi, Michael Waschbuesch
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Patent number: 10311585Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and a mechanism for manipulating images generated by radiotherapy machines used in radiation diagnostic and treatment applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided for intelligent automatic propagation of manual or automatic contouring across linked (e.g., registered) images and image data sets by acquiring one or more images of one or more image data sets; determining the correlation between the images with respect to identified structures; and generating a deformation map that establishes a correspondence for each point in the source image with a point in the target image. Subsequently, the intelligent propagation mechanism applies this deformation map individually to each structure of the source image and propagates the deformed structure to the target image.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Michael Huber, Michael Waschbuesch, Lasse Toimela, Patrik Kunz
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Publication number: 20190144326Abstract: An apparatus for shaping a workpiece made of glass using minimum lubrication is provided. The apparatus includes device for heating the workpiece, a shaping station with at least one forming tool for shaping the workpiece, and at least one spray nozzle for applying an oil as a lubricant onto the surface of the forming tool. The forming tool exhibits heat dissipation such that the temperature on the contact surface of the forming tool during the shaping process is kept below 300° C. The amount of oil dispensed by the spray nozzle per forming step and application instance is less than 0.1 g.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Alexander GLACKI, Robert KRUSE, Doris MOSELER, Michael WASCHBÜSCH, Jörg WITTE, Robert FROST
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Patent number: 10275895Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and a mechanism for manipulating images generated by radiotherapy machines used in radiation diagnostic and treatment applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided for intelligent automatic propagation of manual or automatic contouring across linked (e.g., registered) images and image data sets by acquiring one or more images of one or more image data sets; determining the correlation between the images with respect to identified structures; and generating a deformation map that establishes a correspondence for each point in the source image with a point in the target image. Subsequently, the intelligent propagation mechanism applies this deformation map individually to each structure of the source image and propagates the deformed structure to the target image.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Michael Huber, Michael Waschbuesch, Lasse Toimela, Patrik Kunz
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Publication number: 20190035365Abstract: A technology enables interactive control of simultaneously displayed multiple images with high dynamic ranges, which software automation processes are programmed to reduce the complexity in managing and viewing the post window/level adjustment of the multiple images. An image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of the images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module automatically links the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Michael WASCHBUESCH, Peter MUNRO
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Patent number: 10152951Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture are described for interactive control of multiple images with a high dynamic range that are displayed simultaneously. A medical image control engine provides several synchronous functional capabilities, which comprises an input module, a blending factor synchronization module, a window/level synchronization module, a display module, and an image storage. For window/level adjustment of two images in blended views, the blending factor synchronization module is configured to automatically link the activation of a window/level control of one image with a transparency blending factor that affects both images. For synchronization of window/level adjustments of two or more images, a window/level synchronization module is configured to automatically change window/level parameters of all remaining images when the user makes an adjustment to a window/level control of one image such that all images with updated window/level parameters are displayed simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Michael Waschbuesch, Peter Munro
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Patent number: 10032316Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and a mechanism for manipulating images generated by radiotherapy machines used in radiation diagnostic and treatment applications. In one embodiment, a method is provided for intelligent automatic propagation of real-time alterations across graphical structures of an image by mapping the relativity between the structures; determining the correlation between the structures and a manually edited structure; referencing a deformation map that maps a correspondence for each point in the original structure with a point in the edited structure and applying a similar relative change throughout the remaining structures in the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Michael Huber, Michael Waschbuesch, Lasse Toimela, Patrik Kunz