Patents by Inventor Rico Eidam

Rico Eidam 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).

  • Method for producing a scattered radiation grid or collimator
    Patent number: 6951628
    Abstract: A method for producing a scattered radiation grid or collimator which, for an incident radiation type, has transmissive regions and nontransmissive regions of predeterminable geometry. First the geometry of the transmissive and the nontransmissive regions of the scattered radiation grid or collimator is set. On the basis of this geometry, a base body is constructed according to the geometry, optionally differing by a particular layer thickness, of the transmissive regions or the nontransmissive regions by a rapid prototyping technique through layer-wise solidification of a structural material under the action of radiation. On the basis of this base body, the scattered radiation grid or collimator is finally completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rico Eidam, Martin Hoheisel, Martin Schäfer, Hartmut Sklebitz, Peter Strattner
  • Method for producing a scattered radiation grid or collimator
    Publication number: 20030072415
    Abstract: A method for producing a scattered radiation grid or collimator which, for an incident radiation type, has transmissive regions and nontransmissive regions of predeterminable geometry. First the geometry of the transmissive and the nontransmissive regions of the scattered radiation grid or collimator is set. On the basis of this geometry, a base body is constructed according to the geometry, optionally differing by a particular layer thickness, of the transmissive regions or the nontransmissive regions by a rapid prototyping technique through layer-wise solidification of a structural material under the action of radiation. On the basis of this base body, the scattered radiation grid or collimator is finally completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Rico Eidam, Martin Hoheisel, Martin Schafer, Hartmut Sklebitz, Peter Strattner