Bizarre Patents
Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage
One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7826594 | Virtual matrix control scheme for multiple spot X-ray source A system and method for addressing individual electron emitters in an emitter array is disclosed. The system includes an emitter array comprising a plurality of emitter elements arranged in a non-rectangular layout and configured to generate at least one electron be... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7428297 | Methods and apparatus for e-beam scanning In one aspect, an x-ray scanning device is provided. The x-ray scanning device comprises a target adapted to convert electron-beam (e-beam) energy into x-ray energy, a detector array positioned to detect at least some x-rays emitted from the target, and a conveyer m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427757 | Large collection angle x-ray monochromators for electron probe microanalysis X-ray monochromators and electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA) systems using such monochromators are disclosed. A turretless x-ray monochromator may have a cassette of reflectors instead of a turret. The cassette stores a plurality of reflectors that can be inserted ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7398118 | Customized material for improved radiopacity A method for obtaining diagnostic information about a region of a living being, the region having a medical device with a radiopaque portion disposed therein. An X-ray beam having a first energy level in excess of the K-absorption edge of the radiopaque portion of t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386337 | Correction of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements based on body lead levels Methods for correcting a bone density value for an effect of lead are disclosed. One method includes determining an apparent bone density in a patient; applying a correction factor to the apparent bone density, the correction factor being based on a blood lead level... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7342998 | X-ray detector quick-connect connection system An x-ray system quick-connect connection is disclosed to allow an end-user to de-couple a portable x-ray detector from an x-ray scanner/host. The quick-connect connection is accessible by the end-user without removal of a service panel that exposes an interior servi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340035 | X-ray tube cathode overvoltage transient supression apparatus An imaging tube (30) includes multiple high voltage elements (64). A voltage-clamping device (70) is coupled between the high voltage elements (64) and prevents the occurrence of overvoltage transients in the minor insulation of an imagin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324623 | Computed tomography scanner with large gantry bore A computed tomography scanner includes a rotating gantry (20) defining an examination region (16). A first radiation source (22) is disposed on the rotating gantry (20) and emits first radiation (32) into the examination region ( | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321611 | Method and transceiver for full duplex communication of ultra wideband signals An impulse radio transceiver for full duplex ultrawide-band communications. The transceiver comprises an impulse radio transmitter that transmits impulse radio signal pulses, an impulse radio receiver that receives impulse radio signal pulses. Either or both of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310407 | Nuclear medical imaging device An apparatus for imaging a field of view, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises an x-ray source positioned adjacent to the field of view, a source mask located between the x-ray source and the field of view having at least one source apertur... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302033 | Imaging geometry for image-guided radiosurgery A system and method for stereoscopically imaging a patient at multiple locations in a radiation treatment system with a variable imaging geometry to enable the delivery of radiation treatments from multiple ranges of treatment angles without obstructing the imaging ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295651 | Stationary computed tomography system and method A radiographic imaging system is presented. The system includes a system controller and a plurality of sub-system controllers. Each sub-system controller is configured to facilitate generation of a radiation beam through an imaging volume in a desired sequence. In a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7252433 | X-ray apparatus with radiation shielding that accepts an unshielded x-ray radiator therein An x-ray apparatus that accepts an x-ray radiator therein has shielding for the x-ray leakage radiation originating from the x-ray radiator that is an Integral component of (built into) the x-ray apparatus. An x-ray radiator with an x-ray tube and a housing in which... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245692 | X-ray imaging systems and methods using temporal digital signal processing for reducing noise and for obtaining multiple images simultaneously X-ray imaging systems and methods are provided that use temporal digital signal processing for reducing noise and for obtaining multiple images simultaneously. An x-ray imaging system can include an x-ray source adapted to generate a pulsed x-ray beam having a prede... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227925 | Gantry mounted stereoscopic imaging system A radiation therapy treatment machine that has a stereoscopic imaging system, which includes a rotatable open gantry on which is placed a first diagnostic radiation source, a first diagnostic imager, and a therapeutic radiation source. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227923 | Method and system for CT imaging using a distributed X-ray source and interpolation based reconstruction A method for Computed Tomography (CT) imaging is provided. The method comprises rotating a gantry at a substantially slow rotation speed about a volume of interest. The gantry comprises a combination of X-ray source points. The X-ray source points comprise one or mo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7203271 | Ionizing radiation imaging system and method with decreased radiation dose A system and method for imaging a volume having a detector including a first atomic species with an absorption edge at a first wavelength. The system also includes a source having a second atomic species for emitting an ionizing energy. The second atomic species has... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7167541 | X-ray photography apparatus An X-ray photography apparatus includes a photographing system and a movement control section. The photographing system is made up of a normal X-ray source for irradiating X rays to a subject, a small focus X-ray source for irradiating X rays to the subject, and an ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164115 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus, manufacturing method therefor, and X-ray imaging apparatus In an X-ray imaging apparatus, an optical sensor (phototimer detection unit) corresponding to a conventional photomultiplier is incorporated in a two-dimensional sensor (on a signal line), and a signal from the phototimer detection unit is integrated and monitored, ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7130378 | Radiographic X-ray device The radiographic X-ray device according to this invention is constituted in such a way that positional relation detecting unit 25 detects in real time the information regarding the positional relations between X-ray imaging systems 4 and 8 that ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127064 | Image processing method, apparatus and program There is disclosed an image processing apparatus in which an optimum characteristic amount for use in an image processing can constantly correctly be extracted from an object image, an optimum image processing can therefore be performed, and a satisfactory image can... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116812 | Method and apparatus for providing a standard video interface An imaging system and method includes a detector framing node (DFN) being programmable to receive image data from a panel detector, and to store the image data for later transfer of the image data by way of a direct memory access (DMA) transfer. The imaging system a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116749 | Methods for acquiring multi spectral data of an object A multispectral X-ray imaging system uses a wideband source and filtration assembly to select for M sets of spectral data. Spectral characteristics may be dynamically adjusted in synchrony with scan excursions where an X-ray source, detector array, or body may be mo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117027 | Method for establishing a three-dimensional representation of a bone from image data A system and method for preparing a virtual three-dimensional representation of a first portion of a bone. The method may comprise obtaining, from a first orientation with respect to the first portion of the bone, first image data of the first portion of the bone an... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110501 | Image sensing system This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7085343 | X-ray computed tomography apparatus An X-ray computed tomography apparatus of this invention includes a first data detecting system which includes a first X-ray tube and a first X-ray detector and a second data detecting system which includes a second X-ray tube and a second X-ray detector. A reconstr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7050844 | Method for detecting the three-dimensional position of a medical examination instrument introduced into a body region, particularly of a catheter introduced into a vessel In a method for detecting the three-dimensional position of a medical examination instrument introduced into an examination region of a subject and an apparatus including a C-arm system for registering radiation images, two-dimensional angiography projection images ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7020235 | Method for generating a volume dataset In a method for generating a volume dataset of a subject with a first X-ray system having an X-ray source and an X-ray receiver and with a second X-ray system having an X-ray source and an X-ray receiver, the first X-ray system is rotated around an axis and sweeps a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016454 | Device for displaying x-ray images of an object The present invention relates to a device for displaying X-ray images of an object, preferably in connection with surgical orthopaedic operations, wherein X-ray images of the object are generated by means of at least a first and a second X-ray device (19, 20)... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003147 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an image processing circuit having a first mode that corrects an offset between a first image and a second image that are adjacent to each other to synthesize the first image and the second image into a new third image, and a s... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003207 | Optical waveguide device An optical waveguide device is disclosed that includes a lower clad layer of a polymer resin material formed on a substrate, a core of a polymer resin material formed on the lower clad layer, and an upper clad layer of a polymer resin material covering the core. The... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6990175 | X-ray computed tomography apparatus An X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes a first X-ray tube configured to generate X-rays with which a subject to be examined is irradiated, a first X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays transmitted through the subject, a second X-ray tube which generate... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6985614 | Image processing method, apparatus and program There is disclosed an image processing apparatus in which an optimum characteristic amount for use in an image processing can constantly correctly be extracted from an object image, an optimum image processing can therefore be performed, and a satisfactory image can... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977990 | Image sensing system This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975232 | Apparatus and method for “seeing” foot inside of shoe to determine the proper fit of the shoe A thermographic infrared apparatus and method for seeing, and thus measuring, a foot inside of a shoe. The apparatus includes one or more thermographic instruments aimed at a base for capturing one or more thermographic images or fields of view of a shoe on the base... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6904310 | Customized material for improved radiopacity A method for obtaining diagnostic information about a region of a living being, the region having a medical device with a radiopaque portion disposed therein. An X-ray beam having a first energy level in excess of the K-absorption edge of the radiopaque portion of t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6879661 | Radiographing apparatus including a control section for establishing a standby mode in a radiographing section A radiographing apparatus, is provided which includes a control section and a plurality of radiographing sections, each of which is connected to the control section. The control section establishes a standby mode in each of the radiography sections when each of the ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6728335 | Controller for array of miniature radiation sources A controller is provided for selectively and independently control each of a plurality of therapeutic radiation sources arranged along an array. The controller is operable to selectively generate therapeutic radiation at selected time intervals and at selected inten... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710341 | Electron microscope equipped with X-ray spectrometer An electron microscope is offered which is fitted with an X-ray spectrometer having a compact optical system and high resolution. The spectrometer has a spectrometer chamber whose inside is evacuated by a vacuum pumping system. A diffraction grating having unequally... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707880 | Image sensing system This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor ... | 03/16/2004 |
