Patents by Inventor Timothy Mathew Behlmer

Timothy Mathew Behlmer 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).

  • Methods and systems for integrated filter system
    Patent number: 11160518
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an integrated filter assembly including a plurality of bowtie filters and a hardening filter mounted on a single carriage. In one embodiment, an imaging system may include a carriage including a hardening filter and one or more bowtie filters, and a filter driving system for moving the carriage to selectively position the hardening filter and one of the one or more bowtie filters in a path of a radiation beam between a radiation source and an imaging subject, the hardening filter at least partially overlapping with at least one of the one or more bowtie filters. In this way, a single carriage may include a plurality of filters which may be selectively positioned in a path of the radiation beam entering a subject without having to stack multiple carriages and switch carriages between scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Allan Smith, Timothy Mathew Behlmer, Dominic Joseph Crotty
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED FILTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210045702
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an integrated filter assembly including a plurality of bowtie filters and a hardening filter mounted on a single carriage. In one embodiment, an imaging system may include a carriage including a hardening filter and one or more bowtie filters, and a filter driving system for moving the carriage to selectively position the hardening filter and one of the one or more bowtie filters in a path of a radiation beam between a radiation source and an imaging subject, the hardening filter at least partially overlapping with at least one of the one or more bowtie filters. In this way, a single carriage may include a plurality of filters which may be selectively positioned in a path of the radiation beam entering a subject without having to stack multiple carriages and switch carriages between scans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Brandon Allan Smith, Timothy Mathew Behlmer, Dominic Joseph Crotty