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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046725 | METHOD OF IMAGING FOR HEART VALVE IMPLANT PROCEDURE A method as a workflow for imaging for a heart valve implant procedure includes positioning the patient and an articulated imaging apparatus relative to one another, inducing rapid ventricular pacing in the patient, and imaging a region of the patient's heart to obtain ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046691 | IMPLANTABLE HEART STIMULATOR DETERMINING LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC PRESSURE An implantable heart stimulator has an impedance measurement a cardiogenic impedance waveform using an impedance configuration arranged to measure myocardial contractility of the heart. The heart stimulator further has a calculating unit that calculates an estimate valu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046474 | METHOD TO CORRECT INTERFERENCE SIGNALS IN CARDIAC NOISE-TRIGGERING OF MEDICAL DATA ACQUISITION, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM OPERATING ACCORDING TO THE METHOD In a method and medical data acquisition system for the correction of interference signals (in particular those caused by gradient coils) in a magnetic resonance apparatus given the determination of a point in time in the cardiac cycle of a patient by the acquisition of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046443 | METHOD FOR GUIDING A CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM In a method and system for guiding a capsule endoscope, the capsule endoscope contains a rotation sensor that measures a rotary position of the endoscope capsule about at least one fixed capsule axis. A control unit calculates a rotary position of the endoscope capsule ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043204 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED RULE-BASED CONTROL THEREOF In a magnetic resonance system according to a measurement protocol defined in advance and comprising multiple acquisition parameters, wherein given a non-compliance with at least one limit value (which is automatically established before the beginning of a subject-speci... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043203 | SIDE-BAND SUPPRESSION METHOD AND SIDE-BAND SUPPRESSION DEVICE In a method and device for side-band suppression, a positive eddy current correction factor and negative eddy current correction factor are determined and scanning N/2 times by a positive gradient takes place, and the positive gradient scanning signal is collected durin... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041847 | PATIENT VENTILATION SYSTEM WITH A GAS IDENTIFICATION UNIT (As Amended) A patient ventilation system has a flow regulating and gas mixing assembly for providing oxygen to a first gas inlet and at least a second gas to a second gas inlet. The first and second gas inlets are connected to an inspiratory channel for conveying a delivered gas mi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040997 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOCKS IN AUTONOMOUS COMPONENTS OF AN MR SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONOUS EXECUTION OF COMMANDS IN THOSE COMPONENTS In a device and a method to execute commands in components of an imaging system, in particular of a magnetic resonance tomography system, local clocks in the components are temporally synchronized, commands, including a respective command execution time specification wh... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040291 | TISSUE STIMULATING DEVICE AND METHOD A tissue stimulating device that provides a biological stimulation of tissue has a release surface adapted for arrangement adjacent to a tissue to be stimulated. An agent reservoir of the device includes an ionic agent capable of causing a stimulation if present at suff... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040174 | HEAD COIL FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS WITH INTERCHANGEABLE OPERATING ELEMENTS An assembly for mounting and unmounting a surface coil of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, a locking element to fix the upper part and the lower part to one another, and contact elements at the upper part and at the lower p... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038464 | X-RAY RADIATOR An x-ray radiator has an x-ray tube with a vacuum housing arranged in a radiator housing in which a coolant circulates. The vacuum housing has a porous coating, at least at parts thereof, on surfaces facing the coolant. The heat transfer between the vacuum housing and t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038460 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ELECTRON BEAM FOR THE GENERATION OF X-RAY RADIATION, IN AN X-RAY TUBE A device to control an electron beam for the generation of x-ray radiation, has an electron emitter to generate an electron beam, to which emitter an emitter voltage can be applied, a diaphragm, at least two control elements associated with the diaphragm to affect the e... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037839 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT RELATIVE TO AN OBJECT The invention relates to methods for determining the position of an industrial robot (1, 81) relative to an object (M, 82) as well as correspondingly equipped industrial robots (1, 81). In one of said methods, a 2D camera (17) that is mounted... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037470 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SURFACE COIL A plug block module for a surface coil for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a plug block body with contacts for connection lines that can be connected with a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, an adapter plug that can be inserted into an adapter plug ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034982 | MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE LEAD AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE LEAD TO AN ORGAN In a medical implantable lead of the type adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body for monitoring and/or controlling of an organ inside the body and a method for connecting such a lead to an organ in the human or animal body, lead a fixation arrangement at a ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034054 | SAFEGUARD FOR UNSCREWING GRADIENT COIL CONNECTIONS A securing part and an unscrewing safeguard system of a gradient coil plug for an MRT that can be fixed to a gradient coil bushing include a gradient coil plug, a gradient coil bushing, a cap nut with a keyed surface and, to secure the gradient coil plug to the gradient... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031971 | CONTRAST AGENT-FREE MR ANGIOGRAPHY WITH SSFP SEQUENCES In a method to generate an MR angiography image of an examination region of a subject without the use of contrast agent, a first MR image of the examination region is acquired with a first imaging sequence in which a gradient-induced phase development for unmoved and mo... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028855 | HEART FAILURE DETECTING MEDICAL DEVICE An implantable medical device has an event detector that detects a predetermined cardiac event during a heart cycle of a subject. A reference time is assigned to this detected cardiac event. An onset detector detects the onset of ventricular filling of the heart during ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026797 | METHODS OF ANALYZING A SELECTED REGION OF INTEREST IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA In methods and an apparatus for analyzing a selected region of interest in medical image data of a subject, an initial image data set is obtained, and the initial image data set is filtered to generate a filtered data set. The filtering includes computing, for each voxe... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025331 | BODY COIL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELD USING THE BODY COIL ASSEMBLY A body coil assembly for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a first coil and a second coil for generating a radio-frequency field in space, and a power control apparatus connected to the first coil and the second coil for controlling the transmitting power of the first ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024628 | APPARATUS HAVING A SCREENED STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING THERMAL RADIATION An apparatus for detecting radiation has a substrate, a protective housing fitting on the substrate, which has an electrically conductive material and a top facing away from the substrate, and that has an aperture therein. A stack is fitted on the substrate inside the p... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022144 | MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE LEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF SUCH A LEAD A medical implantable lead to be inserted into a human or animal body and attached to an organ inside the body for monitoring and/or controlling the function of the organ has a header in a distal end, a fixation arrangement and an electrode arranged in the header. The f... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020043 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING A WEB OF PRINTABLE CARRIER MATERIAL In a device or method for drawing a web made of a printable substrate material in a printer or copier, the web is directed in a transport gap between a drive roller and a contact pressure roller. The drive roller is driven by a motor via an electrically controllable cou... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019885 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES In methods and an apparatus for registering two medical images of a subject, a first image is compared with a first anatomical atlas and a second image with a second anatomical atlas, to generate labels for anatomical features in each image. The first anatomical atlas h... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017211 | ANESTHETIC BREATHING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MONITORING OF ANESTHETIC AGENT In an embodiment an anesthetic breathing apparatus is disclosed comprising a first gas analyzer (200) arranged to provide gas measurement data related to a first sample point (190) to a control unit (65) that is arranged in a servo or feedback contr... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016701 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LARGE ROTOR/STATOR LAMINATIONS In a method for manufacturing a lamination for a motor or generator where the lamination is used as a stator or a rotor of a core of the motor or generator, material strip of electrical steel is provided having a width substantially corresponding to an outer diameter of... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY OF DATA WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TRADABLE INTERESTS Computer display of exchange traded option trading system includes sorting information received from the exchange to provide the liquidity provider with trading opportunities based on the liquidity provider's portfolio. A first display provides a comparison of theoretic... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015519 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE POSITIONALLY CORRECT ASSOCIATION OF AN IMAGE DATA SET WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM In a method and medical system for positionally correct association of an image data set of a patient, obtained with the medical system, and an N-coordinate system of an electromagnetic navigation system, before a medical procedure at least one sensor coil is attached t... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015516 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE FOR GRAPHICALLY ASSISTING NAVIGATION OF AN INSTRUMENT In a method and magnetic resonance device for graphically assisting the navigation of an instrument (in particular a medical instrument such as a needle and/or a guide sleeve guiding a needle) within a procedure region of a target subject (in particular a patient), coor... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014484 | ELECTRON ABSORBER LAYER In a method for applying an electron absorber layer to a substrate, an electron absorber layer is produced from a composite material, by coating the substrate with a metallic material, and material inclusions made from an additional material are embedded in the metallic... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012810 | DETUNABLE WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY A waveguide antenna assembly for a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, particularly a waveguide antenna assembly that can be detuned for an operation with local coils, is composed of multiple metal surfaces connected by diodes respectively located between the metal... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012595 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF A MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE FIELD In a method and magnetic resonance system to determine the strength of a magnetic interference field that is caused by an interference object in a magnetic resonance image data acquisition, the interference object having a magnetic susceptibility that differs from the m... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009938 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF An implantable medical lead for implantation in a patient which has at least one electrical conductor connected to at least one electrode and/or sensor of said lead. The at least one conductor is arranged within a continuous sheet of a polymer material. A distal portion... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008565 | VEHICLE INTERIOR FINISHING LAMINATE SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR There are provided a vehicle interior finishing laminate sheet in which a polypropylene resin foam board of high foaming extent having interconnected cells is used as a core member, a vehicle interior trim material, a method for manufacturing the vehicle interior finish... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007445 | PORTABLE MAGNET POWER SUPPLY FOR A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING ENERGY FROM A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET USING A PORTABLE MAGNET POWER SUPPLY A portable magnet power supply for a superconducting magnet includes apparatus for the storage of energy released from a superconducting magnet, the apparatus having an electrical run-down load for connection across the electrical terminals of a superconducting magnet; ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006211 | DEVICE HAVING A MEMBRANE STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING THERMAL RADIATION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF In a device for detecting thermal radiation, at least one membrane is provided on which at least one thermal detector element is mounted for the conversion of the thermal radiation into an electric signal and at least one circuit support for carrying the membrane and fo... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004431 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED 2D NAVIGATION IN A MEDICAL PROCEDURE In a device and method for computer-assisted 2D navigation in a medical procedure, parameters of projection matrices of a 3D calibration process of a C-arm unit are used for the 2D navigation.... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004347 | MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL DEVICE AND RADIOLOGICAL SYSTEM A medical radiological system has a radiological device with at least one element that can be electrically adjusted in order to allow an adaptation of the radiological device to body dimensions of a patient to be examined. The radiological device has a controller with a... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002564 | SLIDE BEARING FOR HIGH ROTATION SPEEDS OF AN ANODE PLATE A slide bearing for a rotating anode has a stationary bearing part, and multiple rotatable bearing parts are arranged concentrically around the stationary bearing part or within the stationary bearing part. The bearing parts have bearing surfaces between which are locat... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002111 | PROTECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF LOCATING A SUPERCONDUCTIVE MAGNET UNIT AND SUPERCONDUCTIVE MAGNET UNIT APPARATUS A protection apparatus for a superconductive magnet unit has a support frame for location relative to a portion of the superconductive magnet unit. The support frame is arranged to carry a buffer for protecting the superconductive magnet unit from a shock load.... | 01/06/2011 |
