Patents by Inventor Steve Urchuk

Steve Urchuk 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).

  • Detector array having effective size larger than actual size
    Patent number: 9116248
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for a detector array having an effective size that is larger than its actual size of its elements, thus reducing costs by reducing materials required. In one embodiment, one or more channels of the detector array are removed (e.g., and filled with a radiation absorbing material) to create what may be referred to as a sparse array. In another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise a detection portion and a dead space (e.g., filled with a radiation absorbing material). In yet another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise light focusing mechanisms configured to focus light from a scintillator portion of an indirect conversion detector array to a photodetector portion of the detector array, where a detection surface area of the photodetector is less than a detection surface area of the scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Abenaim, Steve Urchuk, Ram Naidu, Ruvin Deych
  • DETECTOR ARRAY HAVING EFFECTIVE SIZE LARGER THAN ACTUAL SIZE
    Publication number: 20130320222
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for a detector array having an effective size that is larger than its actual size of its elements, thus reducing costs by reducing materials required. In one embodiment, one or more channels of the detector array are removed (e.g., and filled with a radiation absorbing material) to create what may be referred to as a sparse array. In another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise a detection portion and a dead space (e.g., filled with a radiation absorbing material). In yet another embodiment, one or more channels of a detector array comprise light focusing mechanisms configured to focus light from a scintillator portion of an indirect conversion detector array to a photodetector portion of the detector array, where a detection surface area of the photodetector is less than a detection surface area of the scintillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Abenaim, Steve Urchuk, Ram Naidu, Ruvin Deych