Patents by Inventor Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck 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).

  • Publication number: 20260232286
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically modifying the configuration of a medical imaging system for an examination on an object, wherein the method includes: a) capturing at least one item of first context information, wherein the at least one item of first context information comprises at least one item of usage information about the usage situation of the medical imaging system, which usage situation is applicable for the examination; b) accessing a database and downloading first configuration data, which is associated with the at least one item of first context information, wherein the first configuration data comprises at least one selection of imaging protocols that is implementable during the examination on the object; and c) automatically modifying the configuration of the medical imaging system using the first configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Philipp Höcht
  • Publication number: 20260221276
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a medical floor-mounted device, including: providing a digital model of a medical floor-mounted device, the digital model having system information of the medical floor-mounted device which includes at least component information regarding system components of the medical floor-mounted device; and at least one item of object information including at least one spatial requirement of a system component of the medical floor-mounted device, the at least one item of object information being associated with at least one item of system information; and deriving from the digital model of minimum distances that must be taken into consideration when installing the medical floor-mounted device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jeffrey Lyness, Stephan Biber
  • Publication number: 20260219338
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a local coil for a magnetic resonance device, comprising a receiving element, which is configured to receive high-frequency signals in a frequency range and power range of a magnetic resonance measurement; a Hall sensor, which is mechanically connected to the local coil; and a communication unit, which has a signal connection to the Hall sensor; wherein the Hall sensor is configured to capture information about a magnetic field, and wherein the communication unit is configured to provide by means of a wireless signal connection a signal according to the information about the magnetic field. The disclosure also relates to a magnetic resonance device having a local coil according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventor: Thomas Beck
  • Publication number: 20260217631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating butenes from C4-hydrocarbon streams containing butanes as well as butenes by means of extractive distillation with a suitable solvent. The process according to the invention is characterized in that in the inlet region of at least one packed bed of the absorber there are packing elements of lower specific surface area than in the rest of the packed bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: EVONIK OXENO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Niklas PAUL, Armin Matthias RIX, Moritz SCHRÖDER, Tanita Valèrie SIX, Andreas OLDENKOTT, Benjamin WOLDT, Thomas BECK, Dietmar HOHMANN, Stefan VOLLE, Roland BRANGES
  • Publication number: 20260092628
    Abstract: A disc brake has a brake caliper in which two brake pads are arranged so that they can be pressed against a brake disc in operation, one of which on the clamping side is actuatable via at least one axially adjustable adjusting spindle carrying a pressure piece by way of a clamping device and the adjusting spindle being guided through an opening of a closure cover closing a receiving chamber of the brake caliper, thereby forming an annular gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas BECK, Michael HIDRINGER, Alexander ASEN, Martin PLEINTINGER, Martin HEINDL, Matthias ADELUNG, Peter GROSS
  • Patent number: 12584983
    Abstract: A method for generating a modified magnetic resonance sequence, a magnetic resonance device, and a computer program product are provided. In accordance with the method, an original magnetic resonance sequence is provided for the acquisition of magnetic resonance signals. The magnetic resonance sequence includes multiple gradient pulses. Further, at least one limit value is provided. At least one modification gradient pulse of the multiple gradient pulses is modified as a function of the at least one limit value, and thus, a modified magnetic resonance sequence is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventor: Thomas Beck
  • Publication number: 20260074092
    Abstract: A cable unit designed for connecting a gradient coil, which is embodied to generate a magnetic field gradient in one spatial direction, to a power amplifier, having at least one feed line, wherein the feed line comprises at least two cable elements at least in sections, and the at least two cable elements are connected electrically in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Reinhard Kramer
  • Publication number: 20260029494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a filter unit for a cable unit connecting a gradient coil unit to a gradient controller. The filter unit may include a filter and a cooler. The cooler may include a cooling line through which a cooling medium can flow. The cooler may be configured to cool the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Stephan Biber
  • Publication number: 20260009348
    Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system includes a circumferential wall surrounding a muffler interior, at least one muffler wall, which adjoins the circumferential wall and/or is arranged in the muffler interior, at least one muffler tube, which extends in the direction of a tube axis and passes through a tube passage opening in at least one muffler wall. At least one muffler tube passing through a tube passage opening in a muffler wall is connected to the muffler wall by a bayonet connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Mario Drumm, Sven Gross, Thomas Beck
  • Publication number: 20250375109
    Abstract: One or more example embodiments relates to a method for position determination during a magnetic resonance examination and checking a medical limit value. The method comprises determining position information of a specific part of a body of a patient on a patient table; and checking the magnetic resonance sequence for adherence to the at least one limit value using the position information of the specific part of the body. One or more example embodiments makes possible a specific determination of the absorption rate of specific parts of the body and an increase in the performance of a magnetic resonance apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas BECK, Sven HELMECKE
  • Patent number: 12492653
    Abstract: A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing having a peripheral wall elongated along a longitudinal axis of the muffler housing. The peripheral wall has first and second end walls. A muffler insert is surrounded by the peripheral wall and is supported thereon. The muffler insert has a retaining wall extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The peripheral wall has a peripheral wall opening and a first exhaust-gas routing pipe has a first end region and is positioned with the first end region thereof engaging in the peripheral wall opening. The first exhaust-gas routing pipe has a second end region and is secured by the second end region thereof to the retaining wall. The first exhaust-gas routing pipe is of multi-part configuration and has a first pipe part and a second pipe part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jürgen Häberle
  • Patent number: 12455334
    Abstract: A method for operating a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system for executing the method are provided. The magnetic resonance tomography system captures a change in state using a control system, assesses the change in state with respect to a possible operating interruption, and determines possible energy-saving scenarios for the possible imminent interruption of the image recording. The magnetic resonance tomography system captures a selection made by a user and implements the selected energy-saving scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Sven Helmecke
  • Publication number: 20250298113
    Abstract: Methods for performing a magnetic resonance examination on a patient with a magnetic resonance apparatus, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. According to the method, patient-specific information about the patient is provided. The patient-specific information about the patient ascertains whether at least one latent error test is to be performed on the magnetic resonance apparatus. If it is ascertained that the at least one latent error test to check the magnetic resonance apparatus is to be performed, the at least one latent error test is performed. The magnetic resonance examination is performed depending on a result of the at least one latent error test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Beck
  • Patent number: 12408873
    Abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and a monitoring unit, wherein the MR apparatus includes: a scanner unit to acquire medical MR data; a patient receiving region surrounded at least in part by the scanner unit; a patient positioning apparatus having a patient table designed to be movable into the patient receiving region; a position acquisition unit to acquire position data of a position of the patient table and/or of an object positioned on the patient table, wherein the position acquisition unit comprises a camera; and a setting unit operable, based on a provided setting parameter, to set the position of the patient table and/or of the object on the patient table, wherein the monitoring unit is designed so as, with the acquired position data, to provide the setting parameter for setting a position of the patient table and/or of the object on the patient table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Sven Helmecke
  • Patent number: 12350758
    Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of holes in a curved surface, wherein the individual holes are removed layer by layer, the first layers to be removed of the holes being arranged at different distances in a Z-direction of the laser, the holes each being processed in a specific focal position, wherein only the holes detected from the same focal position are processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Oliver Katzurke, Marcel Vollgold, Richard Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12318818
    Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning a housing of a medical imaging apparatus surrounding a patient receiving area, including at least one cleaning element, wherein the at least one cleaning element has an annular carrier structure, and a diameter of the cleaning element comprises at least one value of a diameter of the housing surrounding the patient receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Florian Meise, Stefanie Gügel-Wild, Tobias Kotulla, Martin Seifert
  • Publication number: 20250124143
    Abstract: Method for transmitting encrypted data from a medical technology system, including: generating the encrypted data by applying a DK to data generated by the MTS; transmitting a first user-specific DK for decrypting the encrypted data to a first data user authorized by a central data transfer authorization entity; transmitting the encrypted data from the MTS to the first data user; decrypting the encrypted data by the first data user by applying the first user-specific DK; transmitting a second user-specific DK, which is different from the first user-specific DK, by the central data transfer authorization entity to a second data user authorized by the central data transfer authorization entity for decrypting the encrypted data; transmitting the encrypted data by the MTS or by the first data user to the second data user; and decrypting the encrypted data by the second data user by applying the second user-specific DK.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Swen Campagna, Thomas Beck
  • Publication number: 20250084897
    Abstract: A pivot bearing supports a pivot lever of an application apparatus of a disc brake, wherein the pivot bearing has a curved bearing shell and a roller bearing cage which is pivotably guided thereon, wherein the roller bearing cage has at least one guiding vane which protrudes axially with respect to the pivot axis and which has at only one side an axially extending stop face for returning the roller member cage. A pivot lever arrangement and an application apparatus include the pivot bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Michael HIDRINGER, Thomas BECK, Andreas PETSCHKE, Christian STOEGER, Maximilian HAUSER, Wolfgang PRITZ, Ralf WEBER
  • Patent number: 12241951
    Abstract: A trustworthy component for a control path of a magnetic resonance apparatus and a magnetic resonance apparatus with at least one trustworthy component are provided. The trustworthy component is configured to be arranged in a control path of a safety-relevant function of a magnetic resonance apparatus, so that when the trustworthy component is arranged in the control path, the control path is, at least in parts, non-trustworthy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Swen Campagna
  • Publication number: 20250012882
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining an optimal energy-saving state of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method includes receiving a set of rules with a central controller, and receiving at least one state of at least one component with the central controller. The at least one component is a component of the magnetic resonance imaging system and/or an environment of the magnetic resonance imaging system. The set of rules includes at least one rule by which the optimal energy-saving state may be determined based on the at least one state of the at least one component. The method also includes determining the optimal energy-saving state based on the set of rules and the at least one state of the at least one component. The method also includes providing information regarding the optimal energy-saving state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Swen Campagna