Patents by Inventor Rob Olthoff

Rob Olthoff 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: 7050544
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device has an X-ray tube and a diaphragm housing in which diaphragm plates for limiting an X-ray field are contained, as are a lamp and a mirror. The lamp and mirror are configured so that, when the lamp is on, the light therefrom is reflected by the mirror so that the reflected ray field coincides with the hypothetical X-ray field. At least one filter for filtering the X-rays is disposed in the diaphragm housing. The mirror and the filter or filters are attached to a single disk that rotates around an axis such that either the mirror or a filter is within the hypothetical X-ray field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Karlsson, Rob Olthoff
  • Publication number: 20050063517
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device has an X-ray tube and a diaphragm housing in which diaphragm plates for limiting an X-ray field are contained, as are a lamp and a mirror. The lamp and mirror are configured so that, when the lamp is on, the light therefrom is reflected by the mirror so that the reflected ray field coincides with the hypothetical X-ray field. At least one filter for filtering the X-rays is disposed in the diaphragm housing. To form a relatively small, simple and inexpensive unit for the mirror and the filter or filters that the mirror and the filter or filters are attached to a single disk that rotates around an axis such that either the mirror or a filter is within the hypothetical X-ray field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Karlsson, Rob Olthoff