Patents by Inventor Thomas Kirchner
Thomas Kirchner 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).
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Patent number: 12329491Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of generating augmented images of tissue of a patient undergoing open treatment, in particular open surgery, wherein each augmented image associates at least one tissue parameter with a region or pixel of the image of the tissue, said method comprising the following steps: estimating a spectral composition of light illuminating a region of interest of the tissue, obtaining one or more multispectral images of the region of interest, applying a machine learning based regressor or classifier to the one or more multispectral images, or an image derived from said multispectral image, to thereby derive one or more tissue parameters associated with image regions or pixels of the corresponding multispectral image, wherein said regressor or classifier has been trained to predict the one or more tissue parameters from a multispectral image under a given spectral composition of illumination, wherein the regressor or classifier employed is made to match the estimated spectral composition of lType: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTSInventors: Lena Maier-Hein, Sebastian Josef Wirkert, Anant Suraj Vemuri, Leonardo Antonio Ayala Menjivar, Silvia Seidlitz, Thomas Kirchner, Tim Adler
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Patent number: 12137759Abstract: A hand-worn workwear unit for scanning barcodes, including a portable control system configured to connect to an external device via a wireless signal, a sensor module having a barcode scanner, a peripheral device, and a seat fastened to a backhand portion of the hand-worn workwear unit. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit configured to be inserted into and removed from the seat. The seat provides a contact point for detachably electrically connecting the peripheral device and the sensor module via one or more wires in the hand-worn workwear unit. The peripheral device has push button which is arranged outside on an index finger portion of the hand-worn workwear unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Workaround GmbHInventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
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Publication number: 20240341379Abstract: A hand-worn workwear unit for scanning barcodes, including a portable control system configured to connect to an external device via a wireless signal, a sensor module having a barcode scanner, a peripheral device, and a seat fastened to a backhand portion of the hand-worn workwear unit. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit configured to be inserted into and removed from the seat. The seat provides a contact point for detachably electrically connecting the peripheral device and the sensor module via one or more wires in the hand-worn workwear unit. The peripheral device has push button which is arranged outside on an index finger portion of the hand-worn workwear unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Paul GUENTHER, Jonas GIRARDET, Thomas KIRCHNER, Alexander GROTS
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Publication number: 20240023650Abstract: A workwear unit for detecting, documenting, analyzing, monitoring and/or teaching processes includes a portable control system, at least one functional module connected with the portable control system, and which comprises at least a sensor module and a peripheral device, and at least a glove fastening the portable control system and the functional module to a user's body. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit connected with the glove. The sensor module has a barcode scanner fastened to the back of a hand. The peripheral device has an electrical release which is arranged outside on an index finger of the glove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Paul GUENTHER, Jonas GIRARDET, Thomas KIRCHNER, Alexander GROTS
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Patent number: 11470895Abstract: A workwear unit for detecting, documenting, analyzing, monitoring and/or teaching processes includes a portable control system, at least one functional module connected with the portable control system, and which comprises at least a sensor module and a peripheral device, and at least a glove fastening the portable control system and the functional module to a user's body. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit connected with the glove. The sensor module has a barcode scanner fastened to the back of a hand. The peripheral device has an electrical release which is arranged outside on an index finger of the glove.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Workaround GmbHInventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
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Publication number: 20220008157Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of generating augmented images of tissue of a patient undergoing open treatment, in particular open surgery, wherein each augmented image associates at least one tissue parameter with a region or pixel of the image of the tissue, said method comprising the following steps: estimating a spectral composition of light illuminating a region of interest of the tissue, obtaining one or more multispectral images of the region of interest, applying a machine learning based regressor or classifier to the one or more multispectral images, or an image derived from said multispectral image, to thereby derive one or more tissue parameters associated with image regions or pixels of the corresponding multispectral image, wherein said regressor or classifier has been trained to predict the one or more tissue parameters from a multispectral image under a given spectral composition of illumination, wherein the regressor or classifier employed is made to match the estimated spectral composition of lType: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Lena Maier-Hein, Sebastian Josef Wirkert, Anant Suraj Vemuri, Leonardo Antonio Ayala Menjivar, Silvia Seidlitz, Thomas Kirchner, Tim Adler
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Publication number: 20220012874Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of generating augmented images of tissue of a patient, wherein each augmented image associates at least one tissue parameter with a region or pixel of the image of the tissue, said method comprising the following steps: obtaining one or more multispectral images of said tissue, and applying a machine learning based regressor or classifier, or an out of distribution (OoD) detection algorithm for determining information about the closeness of the multispectral image or parts of said multispectral image to a given training data set, or a change detection algorithm to at least a part of said one or more multispectral images, or an image derived from said multispectral image, or to a time sequence of multispectral images, parts of multiple images or images derived therefrom, to thereby derive one or more tissue parameters associated with image regions or pixels of the corresponding multispectral image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Lena Maier-Hein, Sebastian Josef Wirkert, Anant Suraj Vemuri, Leonardo Antonio Ayala Menjivar, Silvia Seidlitz, Thomas Kirchner, Tim Adler
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Publication number: 20200113258Abstract: A workwear unit for detecting, documenting, analyzing, monitoring and/or teaching processes includes a portable control system, at least one functional module connected with the portable control system, and which comprises at least a sensor module and a peripheral device, and at least a glove fastening the portable control system and the functional module to a user's body. The portable control system and the sensor module form a structural unit connected with the glove. The sensor module has a barcode scanner fastened to the back of a hand. The peripheral device has an electrical release which is arranged outside on an index finger of the glove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
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Patent number: 10537143Abstract: A workwear unit for detecting, documenting, analyzing, monitoring and/or teaching processes has a portable control system and at least one functional module that is detachably connected with the control system. The functional module comprises at least a sensor module and/or a peripheral device. The unit includes at least a glove and/or a bracelet which can be worn on the hand or on the arm and fastens the control system and/or the functional module to the user's body.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Workaround GmbHInventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
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Publication number: 20190192008Abstract: A method for estimating an optical property of a tissue (10) from a photoacoustic image (20) of the tissue (10) or parts thereof (12) using a machine learning algorithm, wherein the photoacoustic image (20) is obtained with a photoacoustic setup (30) and wherein the machine learning algorithm is configured to infer the optical property at least at one domain of the photoacoustic image (20) by means of a descriptor for said at least one domain, wherein at least part of the photoacoustic image (20) is partitioned in a plurality of domains (22) with respect to at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter corresponds to a physical property of the tissue (10), and wherein the variation of the at least one parameter within each domain is limited to a pre-determined value, such that each domain corresponds to a limited range of said physical property of the tissue (10), and a descriptor is determined for each of said at least one domain, wherein the descriptor for a given domain (V) comprises informatiType: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des öffentlichen RechtsInventors: Lena Maier-Hein, Thomas Kirchner, Janek Gröhl
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Publication number: 20160161301Abstract: A workwear unit for detecting, documenting, analyzing, monitoring and/or teaching processes has a portable control system and at least one functional module that detachably connected with the control system. The functional module comprises at least a sensor module and/or a peripheral device. The unit includes at least a glove and/or a bracelet which can be worn on the hand or on the arm and fastens the control system and/or the functional module to the user's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Paul Guenther, Jonas Girardet, Thomas Kirchner, Alexander Grots
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Patent number: 8879819Abstract: An improved histopathological score is obtained by generating image objects from images of tissue containing stained epithelial cells. First objects are generated that correspond to basal cells stained with a first stain, such as p63. Second objects are generated that correspond to luminal cells stained with a second stain, such as CK18. If the same tissue is not stained with both stains, then the images of differently stained tissue are co-registered. Third objects are defined to include only those second objects that have more than a minimum separation from any first object. A scoring region includes the third objects, and the histopathological score is determined based on tissue that falls within the scoring region. For example, a Gleason score of prostate tissue is determined by classifying tissue patterns in the scoring region. Alternatively, a Gleason pattern is assigned by counting the number of third objects that possess a predetermined form.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Definiens AGInventors: Maria Athelogou, Thomas Kirchner, Harald Hessel, Gerd Binnig
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Publication number: 20140169654Abstract: An improved histopathological score is obtained by generating image objects from images of tissue containing stained epithelial cells. First objects are generated that correspond to basal cells stained with a first stain, such as p63. Second objects are generated that correspond to luminal cells stained with a second stain, such as CK18. If the same tissue is not stained with both stains, then the images of differently stained tissue are co-registered. Third objects are defined to include only those second objects that have more than a minimum separation from any first object. A scoring region includes the third objects, and the histopathological score is determined based on tissue that falls within the scoring region. For example, a Gleason score of prostate tissue is determined by classifying tissue patterns in the scoring region. Alternatively, a Gleason pattern is assigned by counting the number of third objects that possess a predetermined form.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Definiens AGInventors: Maria Athelogou, Thomas Kirchner, Harald Hessel, Gerd Binnig
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Patent number: 5826696Abstract: In an apparatus for inspecting small articles, such as in particular tablets, for obtaining a precise lining up of the articles there is a rotationally symmetrical separating body (4) rotatable about a vertical rotation axis (A), which has a substantially conical feed section (6) and a section (7, 8) for orienting and/or separating the articles (G) surrounded by a ring slot (S) at least corresponding to the thickness of the articles (G). The separating section (8) is subdivided into individual shafts (11) for receiving the articles (G) by ribs (9) circumferentially succeeding one another with a spacing at least corresponding to the width or diameter of the articles (G).Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1995Date of Patent: October 27, 1998Assignee: Walter Grassle GmbHInventors: Michael Rupp, Werner Schiffer, Gyula Varhaniovsky, Thomas Kirchner, Nikolaus Asteriadis
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Patent number: 5661249Abstract: The invention is a method and an apparatus for inspecting small articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: Walter Grassle GmbHInventors: Michael Rupp, Werner Schiffer, Gyula Varhaniovsky, Thomas Kirchner, Nikolaus Asteriadis