Patents by Inventor Werner Gunther

Werner Gunther 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: 9176372
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray device comprising an x-ray sensitive camera for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray sensitive camera comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating plane shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Gunther
  • Patent number: 8953740
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray device comprising an x-ray sensitive camera for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray sensitive camera comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating plane shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Gunther
  • Publication number: 20120189096
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray device comprising an x-ray sensitive camera for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray sensitive camera comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating plane shots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Günther
  • Patent number: 8152373
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray device comprising an x-ray sensitive camera for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D sot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray sensitive camera comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating plane shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Gunther
  • Publication number: 20100303204
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray device comprising an x-ray sensitive camera for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D sot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray sensitive camera comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver for creating plane shots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Gunther
  • Patent number: 7798708
    Abstract: The invention relates to an x-ray device (50) comprising an x-ray sensitive camera (55) for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver (5) for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray-sensitive camera (55) comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver (4) for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver (5) for creating plane shots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Günther
  • Patent number: 7580502
    Abstract: An arrangement for positioning an X-ray machine, with an input and an output device, for interactive control, with a memory region, in which digitised X-ray images and X-ray machine data are stored, an interface, by means of which information is exchanged with the X-ray machine, a pointing device for selecting regions in digitized X-ray images, a processing unit, which carries out calculations based on the digitized X-ray images, the associated X-ray machine data and the selected region, in order to determine control data such that the X-ray machine is controlled whereby, on taking an image, the selected region is screened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Dalpiaz, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Günther, Jürgen Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7559692
    Abstract: An X-ray-sensitive camera comprising a first X-ray-sensitive image detector for the creation of a first tomographic image with a first depth of focus profile, a second X-ray-sensitive image detector for the creation of a second tomographic image with a second depth of focus profile, and an adjustment device for moving as desired the first image detector or the second image detector into proper alignment with an X-ray emitter for the creation of a respective X-ray image, the second depth of focus profile being smaller than the first depth of focus profile, the image-sensitive active surface of the second image detector being at least twice as large as an image-sensitive active surface of the first image detector in a first dimension, and/or the second image detector is not more than half as large as the first image detector in a second dimension, the first and second image detectors being disposed in a common casing with the camera, and the second image detector is disposed alongside the first image detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Beckhaus, Uwe Zeller, Martin Eckert, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Günther
  • Publication number: 20080144766
    Abstract: An X-ray-sensitive camera comprising a first X-ray-sensitive image detector for the creation of a first tomographic image with a first depth of focus profile, a second X-ray-sensitive image detector for the creation of a second tomographic image with a second depth of focus profile, and an adjustment device for moving as desired the first image detector or the second image detector into proper alignment with an X-ray emitter for the creation of a respective X-ray image, the second depth of focus profile being smaller than the first depth of focus profile, the image-sensitive active surface of the second image detector being at least twice as large as an image-sensitive active surface of the first image detector in a first dimension, and/or the second image detector is not more than half as large as the first image detector in a second dimension, the first and second image detectors being disposed in a common casing with the camera, and the second image detector is disposed alongside the first image detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Beckhaus, Uwe Zeller, Martin Eckert, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Gunther
  • Patent number: 7322746
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray sensitive camera (1, 55) comprising a first X-ray sensitive image receiver (4), for creating a first tomogram with a first depth of field profile, in addition to a second X-ray sensitive image receiver (5) for creating a second tomogram with a second depth of field profile. The invention also relates to an X-ray device comprising an image receiver (4, 5) that is contained in an X-ray sensitive camera (55), in addition to an X-ray emitter (52) with a primary diaphragm (57) and adjusting means (43, 44) for the image receiver and/or X-ray emitter and/or primary diaphragm and/or a combination thereof. The camera is equipped with a second image receiver (5), which can be brought into the beam path (54) of the X-ray emitter using the adjusting means (43, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Beckhaus, Uwe Zeller, Martin Eckert, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Günther
  • Publication number: 20060233301
    Abstract: The invention relates to an x-ray device (50) comprising an x-ray sensitive camera (55) for creating tomograms, especially panoramic tomograms. Means for creating 3D shots of a partial volume of the mandibular arch are also provided, said 3D shots being created especially by a second image receiver (5) for creating a 2D shot and means for taking a plurality of 2D shots from different directions and creating a 3D shot therefrom, preferably according to conebeam technology with the associated reconstruction algorithms. The x-ray-sensitive camera (55) comprises a first x-ray sensitive image receiver (4) for creating a tomogram, and a second x-ray sensitive image receiver (5) for creating plane shots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Norbert Erhardt, Werner Günther
  • Publication number: 20060227934
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray sensitive camera (1, 55) comprising a first X-ray sensitive image receiver (4), for creating a first tomogram with a first depth of field profile, in addition to a second X-ray sensitive image receiver (5) for creating a second tomogram with a second depth of field profile. The invention also relates to an X-ray device comprising an image receiver (4, 5) that is contained in an X-ray sensitive camera (55), in addition to an X-ray emitter (52) with a primary diaphragm (57) and adjusting means (43, 44) for the image receiver and/or X-ray emitter and/or primary diaphragm and/or a combination thereof. The camera is equipped with a second image receiver (5), which can be brought into the beam path (54) of the X-ray emitter using the adjusting means (43, 44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Christian Beckhaus, Uwe Zeller, Martin Eckert, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Gunther
  • Publication number: 20050031086
    Abstract: An arrangement for positioning an X-ray machine, with an input and an output device, for interactive control, with a memory region, in which digitised X-ray images and X-ray machine data are stored, an interface, by means of which information is exchanged with the X-ray machine, a pointing device for selecting regions in digitized X-ray images, a processing unit, which carries out calculations based on the digitized X-ray images, the associated X-ray machine data and the selected region, in order to determine control data such that the X-ray machine is controlled whereby, on taking an image, the selected region is screened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Dalpiaz, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Werner Gunther, Jurgen Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6055292
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for producing X-ray tomograms of the jaw and skull of a patient, a detector arrangement having at least one x-ray detector is provided. The radiation-sensitive area of the detector is a sub-area of the total detector area required for the subject exposure. The image exposure ensues in a number of chronologically separate sections in which, following a first sub-exposure, the detector arrangement is displaced along the longitudinal axis and/or the transverse axis of the detector surface and the diaphragm aperture of the primary diaphragm associated with the x-ray source is simultaneously correspondingly adapted so that the position of the x-ray beam is shifted so that it still strikes the detector appropriately after the detector is displaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Zeller, Werner Gunther, Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Michael Dobert
  • Patent number: 5677490
    Abstract: The ultrasonic testing device for weld seams (28) in pipes, sheets and containers, preferably for circumferential welds in pipelines, is fitted with two identical test head supports (20), each fitted with at least one test head (e.g., 23), arranged in lateral inversion to the weld seam, which acoustically irradiate from the basic material (30) of the pipes or sheets laterally into the weld seam (28) and are coupled to the surface of the basic material (30) opposite the root (32) of the weld seam (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: F. H. Gottfeld Gesellschaft fur Zerstorungsfreie Werkstoffprufung mbH
    Inventors: Werner Gunther, Bernhard Karbach, Helmut Heckhauser, Siegmar Schulz
  • Patent number: 5493912
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe suitable for acoustic-coupling via a water channel, includes a main element with a housing. Housed in watertight fashion in the housing is an ultrasonic oscillator, the oscillator being joined to a protective layer which is flush with the lower surface of the housing. The housing wall encloses a water channel which is connected at the input end to a hose connector and whose output end opens out in the lower surface next to the oscillator. The side wall of the housing immediately next to the lower surface has a physically interlocking coupling element for a nozzle with a matching physically interlocking coupling element to be fitted over the lower surface. The nozzle forms a truncated-conical channel which tapers towards its open end and which fits against the surface of the oscillator at the input end. The nozzle also has a blind-end bore, which forms an extension of the output end of the water channel, and a cross-channel between the blind-end bore and the channel in the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Krautkramer GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Werner Gunther, Ulrich Sauer
  • Patent number: 4813060
    Abstract: A dental diagnostic apparatus or installation which obtains a better matching of the exposure data to the patient and has a rotary unit carrying the radiation source and the film cassette which are adjustable to an initial position by an adjustment arrangement and from this initial position the film cassette can be charged with the radiation within the framework of normal transillumination with the radiation initially beginning outside of the mandibular arch. The incoming radiation dose is measured by a detector arrangement which creates a signal that is compared in a computational unit of a control arrangement to a rated quantity corresponding to a prescribed dose value. The exposure data required from further transillumination of the patient's head are identified therefrom and the tomogram position is determined by identifying the patient-associated film speed via the jaw length/jaw width measurements and comparison to defined rated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Heubeck, Werner Gunther, Manfred Muther, Leonhard Werner
  • Patent number: 4788699
    Abstract: A dental X-ray diagnostic installation for producing panoramic tomograms of the jaw of a patient is provided with a multiple diaphragm part having a plurality of different diaphragm apertures which can be adjusted to be positioned into a beam path from the X-ray source to enable producing different exposures. Preferably, the multiple diaphragm part is mounted for rotation on an axis so that the diaphragm apertures can be respectively aligned to the beam path of the radiation source. The multiple diaphragm part can be either a one-piece diaphragm member having a cylindrical configuration, a multiple piece member having a disk configuration, or can be a box-shaped carrier carrying a plurality of diaphragm inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Dobert, Werner Gunther, Erich Heubeck
  • Patent number: 4782503
    Abstract: In order to be able to produce congruent panoramic strip exposures of a jaw of a patient with a dental x-ray diagnostic installation, the patient's head must be positioned by means of a forehead support, which is adjustable only in a horizontal plane, and by means of a seating part which is rigidly arranged on a carrier in the device. The seating part contains an arrangement for forming a seating surface for engaging the upper jaw of the patient so that the seating surface engages a sub-nasal point of the jaw for those patients who have no teeth or only part of their teeth and a second seating type surface for those patients having a full set of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Molitor, Werner Gunther
  • Patent number: 4357539
    Abstract: A flexible film cassette for holding a dental x-ray film on the outside of a patient's mouth for exposure from a radiation source from an x-ray diagnostic installation or device in which an applicator is capable of being inserted intraorally in the patient's mouth characterized by a first support extending between an applicator and the cassette and a second support spaced an interval from the axis of the first support for forming a coupling between the film and the housing of the x-ray device to prevent rotation of the cassette relative to the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst O. Fleer, Werner Gunther, Manfred Muether