Patents by Inventor Ronny Pflichtbeil

Ronny Pflichtbeil 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).

  • Device and method for positioning in a magnetic field of a magnetic resonance tomography system using magnetic field strength
    Patent number: 10545201
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a positioning device for positioning in a static magnetic field of a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system. The positioning device may be moved along a first axis in the magnetic field. Herein, the positioning device includes a plurality of magnetic-field-strength sensors arranged at a distance from one another in the direction of the first axis in predetermined positions on the positioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hetz, Markus Petsch, Ronny Pflichtbeil, Rolf Schmidt, Johann Sukkau
  • Method and device for position determination in a magnetic resonance tomography unit
    Patent number: 10393829
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a B0 field magnet along a z-coordinate axis, and a device and a magnetic resonance tomography unit for performing the method are provided. The device includes a magnetic field strength sensor arranged in a fixed relative position. A characteristic magnetic field strength Bref of the B0 field magnet that emerges for a plurality of x-y coordinate pairs with a same reference z-coordinate zref is ascertained. The device is moved along the z-coordinate axis until the magnetic field strength sensor measures the characteristic magnetic field strength Bref.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Ludwig, Volker Schnetter, Johann Sukkau, Andrew Dewdney, Axel Heitland, Ralf Ladebeck, Ronny Pflichtbeil, Jörg Rothard, Volker Weißenberger
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING IN A MAGNETIC FIELD OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180231622
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a positioning device for positioning in a static magnetic field of a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system. The positioning device may be moved along a first axis in the magnetic field. Herein, the positioning device includes a plurality of magnetic-field-strength sensors arranged at a distance from one another in the direction of the first axis in predetermined positions on the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Hetz, Markus Petsch, Ronny Pflichtbeil, Rolf Schmidt, Johann Sukkau
  • Method and Device for Position Determination in a Magnetic Resonance Tomography Unit
    Publication number: 20170248665
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a B0 field magnet along a z-coordinate axis, and a device and a magnetic resonance tomography unit for performing the method are provided. The device includes a magnetic field strength sensor arranged in a fixed relative position. A characteristic magnetic field strength Bref of the B0 field magnet that emerges for a plurality of x-y coordinate pairs with a same reference z-coordinate zref is ascertained. The device is moved along the z-coordinate axis until the magnetic field strength sensor measures the characteristic magnetic field strength Bref.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Ludwig, Volker Schnetter, Johann Sukkau, Andrew Dewdney, Axel Heitland, Ralf Ladebeck, Ronny Pflichtbeil, Jörg Rothard, Volker Weißenberger