Patents by Inventor Svein Bergstoel

Svein Bergstoel 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).

  • System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe
    Patent number: 8475375
    Abstract: An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Scott Smith, Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Bruno Hans Haider, Charles Edward Baumgartner, George Charles Sogoian, Christopher Stephen Yetter, Douglas Glenn Wildes, Stephen Royal Kaiser, Svein Bergstoel, Reinhold Bruestle, Tunc Icoz, Steinar Bjaerum, Chester Frank Saj
  • HIGH DENSITY FLEXIBLE FOLDABLE INTERCONNECT
    Publication number: 20110255249
    Abstract: A flexible interconnect circuit includes a plurality of substantially flat flex circuits. Each flex circuit has a length substantially greater than its corresponding width. The plurality of flex circuits are folded parallel to their long axes and configured together to provide a layered flex interconnect circuit structure in which at least one ground flex circuit is interposed with one or more signal flex circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Warren Lee, Douglas Glenn Wildes, Svein Bergstoel
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ULTRASOUND PROBE ORIENTATION AND ACTIVATION STATUS
    Publication number: 20100305448
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe has a probe casing and a light emitting diode (LED). The probe casing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The LED is mounted and contained entirely within the probe casing and the LED is configured to be illuminated when the probe is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Anne Cecile Dagonneau, Jean Marc Hebrard, Trond Kleveland, Svein Bergstoel, Kjell Kristoffersen
  • System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe
    Publication number: 20080146924
    Abstract: An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Lowell Scott Smith, Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Bruno Hans Haider, Charles Edward Baumgartner, George Charles Sogoian, Christopher Stephen Yetter, Douglas Glenn Wildes, Stephen Royal Kaiser, Svein Bergstoel, Reinhold Bruestle, Tunc Icoz, Steinar Bjaerum, Chester Frank Saj
  • Ultrasound probe maintaining an operable pressure in a probe fluid chamber
    Patent number: 6126606
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for the prevention of foreign matter invasion into a fluid chamber of a probe. The apparatus comprises a tube coupled to a fluid chamber, wherein the tube has a first end and a second end. The first tube end is maintained in open fluid communication with the fluid chamber. The second tube end is maintained in open communication with atmospheric pressure. The tube is configured to maintain an operable pressure within the fluid chamber via capillary forces during variant pressure changes within the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: GE Vingmed Ultrasound A/S
    Inventor: Svein Bergstoel