Patents by Inventor Thomas Heumann

Thomas Heumann 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).

  • Patent number: 8131341
    Abstract: In a method and a magnetic resonance system for positioning a patient support device of the magnetic resonance system, wherein the magnetic resonance system also has a coil device and the patient support device that has a mounting for accommodation of the coil device at a predetermined position, a detector unit is provided for detection of information describing the coil device and a control device controls a drive unit of the support device to move the support device to a determined position in the magnetic resonance apparatus using only information detected by the detector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Heumann, Hendrik Jeschke, Stefan Schor
  • Publication number: 20080132779
    Abstract: In a method and a device for positioning a support device of a magnetic resonance apparatus, wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus has a coil device, a patient support device that has a mounting for accommodation of the coil device at a predetermined position, a detector unit is provided for detection of information describing the coil device and a control device controls a drive unit of the support device to move the support device to a determined position in the magnetic resonance apparatus using only information detected by the detector unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Heumann, Hendrik Jeschke, Stefan Schor
  • Patent number: 6706173
    Abstract: A filtration system for cleaning the fluid in a wash tank. The filtration system includes a process tank from which fluid is pumped to a filter element located in the wash tank. The filter element is formed of hollow porous tubes. The fluid is pumped from the process tank through the hollow porous tubes and back to the process tank. The fluid in the hollow porous tubes is at a greater pressure than that of the fluid in the wash tank in which it is submerged, such that fluid, but not particulate matter, with flow through the pores in the tubes to the wash tank. Cleaned fluid is thereby provided to the wash tank and fluid with a higher concentration of contaminants is returned to the process tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas Heumann