Patents by Inventor Oliver Daniel Kripfgans

Oliver Daniel Kripfgans 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).

  • System and method for breast imaging
    Patent number: 10646180
    Abstract: An imaging assembly includes a compression system configured to receive and compress an object to be imaged. The compression system includes a first compression paddle and a second compression paddle. The imaging assembly further includes an ultrasound system including a first ultrasound probe coupled to the first compression paddle. The first ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a first portion of the ultrasound image information of the object. The ultrasound system also includes a second ultrasound probe coupled to the second compression paddle. The second ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a second portion of the ultrasound image information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Ying Mao, Paul Langford Carson, Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAST IMAGING
    Publication number: 20180184999
    Abstract: An imaging assembly includes a compression system configured to receive and compress an object to be imaged. The compression system includes a first compression paddle and a second compression paddle. The imaging assembly further includes an ultrasound system including a first ultrasound probe coupled to the first compression paddle. The first ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a first portion of the ultrasound image information of the object. The ultrasound system also includes a second ultrasound probe coupled to the second compression paddle. The second ultrasound probe is configured to acquire a second portion of the ultrasound image information of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Ying Mao, Paul Langford Carson, Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes
  • Method and apparatus for measuring volumetric flow
    Publication number: 20080287799
    Abstract: An ultrasound system comprises an ultrasound probe, a user interface and a processor. The ultrasound probe comprises a transducer face emitting ultrasound beams into a patient. The probe acquires a volume of ultrasound data comprising a blood vessel. The user interface defines a surface on an image that is based on the volume. The surface bisects the blood vessel and further comprises a plurality of points where at least some of the points are located at unequal distances with respect to the transducer face. The processor is configured to steer a subset of the ultrasound beams to intersect the surface at a 90 degree angle and calculate volumetric flow information through the blood vessel based on the ultrasound data corresponding to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Anne Lindsay Hall, Jonathan Matthews Rubin, J. Brian Fowlkes, Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, Paul L. Carson