Patents by Inventor Stefan Foertsch

Stefan Foertsch 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 contact-free magnetic navigation
    Patent number: 9532705
    Abstract: In a method and a system for contact-free magnetic navigation of a magnetic body in a work space that is at least partially filled with a fluid, a thickening agent is added to the fluid. The use of a thickening agent as an additive for such a fluid is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Foertsch, Henrik Keller
  • Method and imaging apparatus to automatically display and/or measure bone variations in medical image data
    Patent number: 9465983
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus to automatically display and/or measure bone variations in medical image data, an image data set of an examination region is acquired and the bone regions in the image data set are automatically segmented in a first segmentation followed by a second segmentation in which bone variation regions in the image data set are automatically segmented on the basis of the results of the first segmentation. The results of the first and/or second segmentations are stored and/or displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Foertsch, Dominik Paul, Susanne Schmolke
  • METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY AND/OR MEASURE BONE VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA
    Publication number: 20150071519
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus to automatically display and/or measure bone variations in medical image data, an image data set of an examination region is acquired and the bone regions in the image data set are automatically segmented in a first segmentation followed by a second segmentation in which bone variation regions in the image data set are automatically segmented on the basis of the results of the first segmentation. The results of the first and/or second segmentations are stored and/or displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Foertsch, Dominik Paul, Susanne Schmolke
  • DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140127791
    Abstract: A diagnostic device as a first electrode formed by a noble metal that is not attackable by acid, and a second electrode that is formed of silver. The first and second electrodes are at least partially immersed in a nutrient solution contained in a container, into which a tissue sample can be introduced. An electrical voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, and a change in an electrical variable between the electrodes is measured when ammonia is present. The diagnostic device allows fast screening of tissue samples for Helicobacter pylori.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan FOERTSCH, Rainer KUTH, Karl-Heinz MAIER
  • METHOD FOR CONTACT-FREE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20110184240
    Abstract: In a method and a system for contact-free magnetic navigation of a magnetic body in a work space that is at least partially filled with a fluid, a thickening agent is added to the fluid. The use of a thickening agent as an additive for such a fluid is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Stefan Foertsch, Henrik Keller