Patents by Inventor Nikolas Schemmel

Nikolas Schemmel 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).

  • Arrangement and support device for attaching local coils in a magnetic resonance apparatus
    Patent number: 7965081
    Abstract: An arrangement and a support device for attaching local coils to a patient for a magnetic resonance examination includes at least one local coil that is designed to acquire magnetic resonance signals and a support device. The support device is designed to accommodate the at least one local coil and to attach the at least one local coil on the patient. The support device is designed as a gas-filled cushion that changes its shape dependent on the gas pressure therein. The gas-filled cushion has a device for changing the gas pressure, such when a gas pressure change occurs the local antenna is pressed on the patient due to the resulting change in shape of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Kundner, Nikolas Schemmel
  • ARRANGEMENT AND SUPPORT DEVICE FOR ATTACHING LOCAL COILS IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090012389
    Abstract: An arrangement and a support device for attaching local coils to a patient for a magnetic resonance examination includes at least one local coil that is designed to acquire magnetic resonance signals and a support device. The support device is designed to accommodate the at least one local coil and to attach the at least one local coil on the patient. The support device is designed as a gas-filled cushion that changes its shape dependent on the gas pressure therein. The gas-filled cushion has a device for changing the gas pressure, such when a gas pressure change occurs the local antenna is pressed on the patient due to the resulting change in shape of the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Kundner, Nikolas Schemmel