Patents by Inventor Timothy James Hoeppner

Timothy James Hoeppner 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).

  • MRI safety system
    Patent number: 8901928
    Abstract: In a MRI system housed within a room there is provided a movable magnet and additional components for other procedures on the patient, a control system is provided for the relative movement of the magnet and components. This includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors mounted on the components for measuring the magnetic field at the location of the component and an optional camera positioning system so that the control system can estimate relative positions of the components relative to the magnet from the sensed field strengths from the set of sensors to avoid collisions during the movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Imris Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alexiuk, Mehran Fallah-Rad, Gordon Scarth, Stephen G. Hushek, Kirk Maurice Champagne, Timothy James Hoeppner, David John Robert Weber
  • MRI Safety System
    Publication number: 20120112747
    Abstract: In a MRI system housed within a room there is provided a movable magnet and additional components for other procedures on the patient, a control system is provided for the relative movement of the magnet and components. This includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors mounted on the components for measuring the magnetic field at the location of the component and an optional camera positioning system so that the control system can estimate relative positions of the components relative to the magnet from the sensed field strengths from the set of sensors to avoid collisions during the movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Alexiuk, Mehran Fallah-Rad, Gordon Scarth, Stephen G. Hushek, Kirk Maurice Champagne, Timothy James Hoeppner, David John Robert Weber