Patents by Inventor Ralph Berke

Ralph Berke 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).

  • Patent number: 10286230
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a radiation dose, and a method for checking a radiotherapy device is disclosed. The measuring device includes a water phantom, a mechanical device designed to move the water phantom, and a control device. The water phantom includes a detector device which is adapted to detect ionizing radiation, and the control device is designed to control the mechanical device in such a manner that it moves the water phantom according to a movement of a patient, which the patient makes during an irradiation with a radiotherapy device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Ralph Berke
  • Patent number: 9872651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical work station which has a medical instrument which is intended to be inserted at least partially into the interior of a lying being for treating the latter, an imaging device which is set up to create image data records of the interior of the living being during the treatment, and a robot. The robot includes a robot arm having a plurality of members situated one after another, on which the imaging device or the medical instrument may be situated, and a control device intended for moving the robot arm, which is set up to move the robot arm in such a way that the imaging device attached to the robot arm follows a motion of the medical instrument, or the medical instrument attached to the robot arm follows a motion of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventor: Ralph Berke
  • Publication number: 20140054465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for measuring the radiation dose, and a method for checking a radiotherapy device. The measuring device comprises a water phantom (21), a mechanical device (2, 54) is designed to move the water phantom (21), and a control device (3, 55). The water phantom (21) comprises a detector device (23), which is adapted to detect ionizing radiation, and the control device (3, 55) is designed to control the mechanical device (2, 54) in such a manner that it moves the water phantom (2) according to a movement of a patient, which the patient makes during an irradiation with a radiotherapy device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ralph Berke
  • Publication number: 20120265071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical work station which has a medical instrument which is intended to be inserted at least partially into the interior of a lying being for treating the latter, an imaging device which is set up to create image data records of the interior of the living being during the treatment, and a robot. The robot includes a robot arm having a plurality of members situated one after another, on which the imaging device or the medical instrument may be situated, and a control device intended for moving the robot arm, which is set up to move the robot arm in such a way that the imaging device attached to the robot arm follows a motion of the medical insrument, or the medical instrument attached to the robot arm follows a motion of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KUKA LABORATORIES GMBH
    Inventor: Ralph Berke
  • Publication number: 20050107697
    Abstract: Contrast agent injection system for injecting a contrast agent into a body, having at least a first injector 1 for delivering the contrast agent to a tube section 7 which is connected to the body, and at least a second injector 2 for delivering a rinsing fluid to the tube section 7, a control device 16 monitoring the delivery of the contrast agent through the tube section 7 and automatically controlling the delivery of the rinsing fluid by the second injector 2 after the delivery of the contrast agent has been terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Ralph Berke