Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

GE Medical Systems, Inc

33Patents
4Active
33Granted
41Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 8, 1993 → Jan 7, 2008 · 4 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5675227A Device for maneuvering a radiology appliance Electricity 246 Expired
US6609115B1 Method and apparatus for limited online access to restricted documentation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 186 Expired
US7249284B2 Complex system serviceability design evaluation method and apparatus Electricity 110 Expired
US5442674A Device and automatic method for the geometrical calibration of an X-ray imaging system Human Necessities 92 Expired
US6907281B2 Fast mapping of volumetric density data onto a two-dimensional screen Human Necessities 53 Expired
US7304573B2 Method and system for determining hardware configuration of medical equipment using RF tags Physics 39 Expired
US6782571B1 Patient transport system for multiple imaging systems Human Necessities 34 Expired
US6912481B2 Medical equipment predictive maintenance method and apparatus Human Necessities 32 Expired
US5384821A Radiogenic unit Electricity 27 Expired
US6980682B1 Method and apparatus for extracting a left ventricular endocardium from MR cardiac images Physics 25 Expired
US6675036B2 Diagnostic device including a method and apparatus for bio-potential noise cancellation utilizing the patient's respiratory signal Physics 25 Expired
US5398272A Compression device for radiological apparatus Human Necessities 24 Expired
US7050984B1 Integrated interactive service to a plurality of medical diagnostic systems Physics 23 Expired
US5774597A Image compression and decompression using overlapped cosine transforms Physics 22 Expired
US7489825B2 Method and apparatus for creating a multi-resolution framework for improving medical imaging workflow Physics 18 Active
US7298602B2 Automated superconducting magnet ramp-up system and method Physics 13 Expired
US7225406B2 Problem-solution resource system for medical diagnostic equipment Physics 8 Expired
US6441613B1 Frequency selective pulse Electricity 8 Expired
US5544219A Procedure for automatic position-finding of points of interest during a mammography examination using stereotactic technique Electricity 7 Expired
US6850596B2 Collimation device, radiology apparatus, test kit and method of testing a radiology apparatus Human Necessities 7 Expired
US5497409A Radiogenic unit Electricity 6 Expired
US7085927B1 Secure data report preparation and delivery Physics 6 Expired
US7606720B1 Medical facility communications topology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7356478B1 Secure medical facility report preparation and delivery Physics 4 Expired
US7391892B2 Universal digital subtraction phantom and analysis system and method Physics 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.