Patents by Inventor Paul JAHNKE

Paul JAHNKE 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).

  • Publication number: 20210049931
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of imaging phantoms and their use in computed tomography (CT) and radiotherapy (RT). In particular, the present disclosure provides novel ink compositions conferring radiation absorbing properties mimicking biological tissue to imaging phantoms. Thus, these novel ink compositions are particularly useful for creating tissue equivalent imaging phantoms, which allow realistically simulating biological tissue over the whole range of photon energies relevant for applications in CT and RT. Accordingly, the present disclosure also provides novel imaging phantoms exhibiting radiation absorbing properties mimicking real biological tissue. The present disclosure further relates to methods of generating imaging phantoms built up of layers making use of the novel ink compositions disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Jahnke, Marco Ziegert, Tetje Henning Dietrich, Felix Benjamin Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10182786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a model for use in an imaging technique based on an interaction of the model with an electromagnetic radiation. The model comprises a plurality of volume elements. The interaction intensities of two neighboring volume elements are distinguishable by an imaging technique. The model comprises first volume elements made of a supporting material, and second volume elements are made of a supporting material and a contrast material and exhibit a higher interaction intensity with the electromagnetic radiation than the first volume elements because of the presence of contrast material. The second volume elements have been generated by a printing method. The invention further relates to a method for fabricating the model by 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Jahnke, Michael Scheel
  • Publication number: 20180192986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a model for use in an imaging technique based on an interaction of the model with an electromagnetic radiation. The model comprises a plurality of volume elements. The interaction intensities of two neighboring volume elements are distinguishable by an imaging technique. The model comprises first volume elements made of a supporting material, and second volume elements are made of a supporting material and a contrast material and exhibit a higher interaction intensity with the electromagnetic radiation than the first volume elements because of the presence of contrast material. The second volume elements have been generated by a printing method. The invention further relates to a method for fabricating the model by 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Jahnke, Michael Scheel
  • Patent number: 9924919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a model for use in an imaging technique based on an interaction of the model with an electromagnetic radiation. The model comprises a plurality of volume elements. The interaction intensities of two neighboring volume elements are distinguishable by an imaging technique. The model comprises first volume elements made of a supporting material, and second volume elements are made of a supporting material and a contrast material and exhibit a higher interaction intensity with the electromagnetic radiation than the first volume elements because of the presence of contrast material. The second volume elements have been generated by a printing method. The invention further relates to a method for fabricating the model by 3D printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Jahnke, Michael Scheel
  • Publication number: 20170042501
    Abstract: The invention relates to a model for use in an imaging technique based on an interaction of the model with an electromagnetic radiation. The model comprises a plurality of volume elements. The interaction intensities of two neighbouring volume elements are distinguishable by an imaging technique. The model comprises first volume elements made of a supporting material, and second volume elements are made of a supporting material and a contrast material and exhibit a higher interaction intensity with the electromagnetic radiation than the first volume elements because of the presence of contrast material. The second volume elements have been generated by a printing method. The invention further relates to a method for fabricating the model by 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Paul JAHNKE, Michael Scheel