| WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS LLC Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120116148 | MAGNETIC-ASSISTED TUMOR CONFINEMENT METHODOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT - Disclosed embodiments are directed to reducing the likelihood of intra-operative shedding. Specifically, disclosed embodiments utilize injected magnetic nanoparticles and magnets to confine tumor cells to the surgical bed in order to prevent the cells from being released into the general circulation and/or lymphatics. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120092105 | FLEXIBLE METHODS OF FABRICATING ELECTROMAGNETS AND RESULTING ELECTROMAGNET ELEMENTS - An electromagnetic structure is fabricated by additive manufacturing having at least one channel traversing the structure. In one embodiment, at least one form contains apertures and/or holes forming the channel and a liquid metal traverses the structure by the channel. Electrodes are provided to apply or extract electrical voltage or power to and/or from the liquid metal as well as a mechanism for propelling a portion of the liquid metal through the form. In an alternative embodiment, both the electrically insulating and the electrically conductive materials are solid and the channel is used for conducting a coolant instead of the liquid metal. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20110192984 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING DRIFT DETECTORS - Silicon drift detectors are produced for location and energy measurement as well as spectroscopic applications by depositing a single high quality dielectric film followed by deposition of at least one low quality dielectric film. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110182401 | RECONSTRUCTION OF LINEARLY MOVING OBJECTS WITH INTERMITTEN X-RAY SOURCES - A method and apparatus for performing computed tomography in medical imaging through reconstruction of a data set containing projections obtained during relative motions a container or body of interest with respect to an x-ray source and/or x-ray detector panel. Strobing of the data is implemented through one or more methods to include pulsing of the x-ray source, intermittent blanking of the x-ray detector panel, or intermittent processing of data collected from the detector panel to simulate blanking. The invention is utilized to significantly improve contrast by taking advantage of the pulsed nature of the source to implement three-dimensional reconstruction. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110089947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECREASING BIO-EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC GRADIENT FIELD GRADIENTS - A magnetic field generator includes a power source and a segmented or un-segmented coil connected to the power source to generate a time-varying magnetic field. Energy is applied to the coil so that the coil generates a time-varying magnetic field gradient with a magnitude of at least 1 milliTesla per meter and a rise-time of less than 10 microseconds. The coil may be comprised of overlapping, non-overlapping or partially overlapping coil segments that may individually energized to further improve the operating characteristics of the coil to further decrease bio-effects in magnetic resonance imaging through the use of reduced pulse lengths and multi-phasic magnetic gradient pulses. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20100036261 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY - A fluorometer includes a light source to generate excitatory light toward a tissue, the tissue generating fluorescent light in response to the excitatory light. The fluorometer also includes a light sensor to receive the fluorescent light and generate a digital signal. A processor is connected to the light sensor to receive the digital signal and generate a digital image, and a display displays the digital image. The tissue generates fluorescent light as a result of excitation of at least one intrinsic tissue metabolic product. A method for distinguishing between viable and non-viable tissue using the fluorometer also is described. | 02-11-2010 |