Patents by Inventor Susann Boretius

Susann Boretius 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).

  • Sample holding device, in particular for holding a rodent or an MR phantom in an MRT device
    Patent number: 8334698
    Abstract: A sample holding device, adapted for holding a sample, like a rodent or an MR phantom sample in a magnet bore of a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device, comprises a sample carrier being adapted for an arrangement in the bore of the MRT device, wherein the sample carrier comprises a carrier platform for accommodating the sample and at least one clamping part with radial locking pieces being adapted for fixing the sample carrier in a hollow enclosure structure, wherein the at least one clamping part is connected with the carrier platform. Furthermore, an MRT device and a method of MRT imaging of a sample are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Tammer, Susann Boretius, Thomas Michaelis, Andreas Pucher-Diehl
  • SAMPLE HOLDING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HOLDING A RODENT OR AN MR PHANTOM IN AN MRT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100188087
    Abstract: A sample holding device, adapted for holding a sample, like a rodent or an MR phantom sample in a magnet bore of a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device, comprises a sample carrier being adapted for an arrangement in the bore of the MRT device, wherein the sample carrier comprises a carrier platform for accommodating the sample and at least one clamping part with radial locking pieces being adapted for fixing the sample carrier in a hollow enclosure structure, wherein the at least one clamping part is connected with the carrier platform. Furthermore, an MRT device and a method of MRT imaging of a sample are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicants: BIOMEDIZINISCHE NMR FORSCHUNGS GMBH, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Roland Tammer, Susann Boretius, Thomas Michaelis, Andreas Pucher-Diehl