Patents by Inventor Neal Clinthome

Neal Clinthome 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).

  • Self-shielded CT scanner
    Patent number: 7593503
    Abstract: A CT scanner includes a pair of shields to protect an operator from x-rays from the CT scanner. The CT scanner has a gantry that provides structural support and housing for the components including an x-ray source and a detector arranged on the gantry to face one another. Lead shields are located on opposing sides of the x-ray source and extend between the x-ray source and the detector. The CT scanner further includes a computer located on an opposing side of the gantry from the x-ray source and the detector. The lead shields rotate with the gantry and prevent the x-ray from reaching the operator while the CT scanner is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Xoran Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Predrag Sukovic, Neal Clinthome, Miodrag Rakic, James A. Bertolina, Joseph Webster Stayman
  • SELF-SHIELDED CT SCANNER
    Publication number: 20070189442
    Abstract: A CT scanner includes a pair of shields to protect an operator from x-rays from the CT scanner. The CT scanner has a gantry that provides structural support and housing for the components including an x-ray source and a detector arranged on the gantry to face one another. Lead shields are located on opposing sides of the x-ray source and extend between the x-ray source and the detector. The CT scanner further includes a computer located on an opposing side of the gantry from the x-ray source and the detector. The lead shields rotate with the gantry and prevent the x-ray from reaching the operator while the CT scanner is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Predrag Sukovic, Neal Clinthome, Miodrag Rakic, James Bertolina, Joseph Stayman