Patents by Inventor Pat Merola

Pat Merola 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 gated radiotherapy based on physiological inputs
    Patent number: 6118847
    Abstract: A radiation therapy device (2) configured to receive a signal indicative of one or more of a patient's physiological parameters. The signal controls a gating, whereby a phase of an RF pulse (1002) and an injector pulse (1006) are varied so as to inhibit X-ray production without affecting injector or RF amplitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco M. Hernandez-Guerra, Edward Lewis Calderon, Hussein Alrifai, David L. Pond, Simon John Forknall, Pat Merola