Patents by Inventor Pieter Gerrit Blanden

Pieter Gerrit Blanden 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).

  • Inductively powered electric component of an MRI apparatus
    Patent number: 8866480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a main magnet (122) adapted for generating a main magnetic field; at least one radio frequency receiver coil unit (144) for acquiring magnetic resonance signals in a receiver coil radio frequency band (202) from an examined object (124); means (140) for inductively (wirelessly) supplying electric power to an electric component of the apparatus, wherein the electric component is adapted to be powered by inductively supplied electric power, wherein the power transfer frequency (200) and the higher-harmonics (206) of the power transfer frequency (200) for inductively supplying the electric power are located outside the receiver coil radio frequency band (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Achim Hilgers, Lambertus De Vries, Bjoern Weissler, Derk Reefman, Marinus Johannes Adrianus Maria Van Helvoort, Pieter Gerrit Blanden
  • INDUCTIVELY POWERED ELECTRIC COMPONENT OF AN MRI APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110084694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a main magnet (122) adapted for generating a main magnetic field; at least one radio frequency receiver coil unit (144) for acquiring magnetic resonance signals in a receiver coil radio frequency band (202) from an examined object (124); means (140) for inductively (wirelessly) supplying electric power to an electric component of the apparatus, wherein the electric component is adapted to be powered by inductively supplied electric power, wherein the power transfer frequency (200) and the higher-harmonics (206) of the power transfer frequency (200) for inductively supplying the electric power are located outside the receiver coil radio frequency band (202).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Achim Hilgers, Lambertus De Vries, Bjoern Weissler, Derk Reefman, Marinus Johannes Adrianus Maria Van Helvoort, Pieter Gerrit Blanden