03.14.14
Carestream Health was awarded 64 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last year for innovations in radiology imaging, healthcare IT, dental imaging and other areas, the company reports.
Highlights of the new patents earned by the company’s scientists and engineers include:
Carestream was awarded 33 patents from countries outside the United States, including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and from several European locales as well.
The company’s product portfolio includes digital imaging systems for general radiology and specialty areas such as women’s health, orthopaedics and pediatrics; digital imagers that output medical images to film and paper; and healthcare IT solutions and cloud-based services for hospitals and medical group practices. The company’s Dental division develops and markets film and digital imaging solutions, anesthetics and practice management software.
Carestream Advanced Materials—a new business unit of Carestream—is a developer of transparent conductive films based on silver nanowire technology, with research and development facilities and distribution centers throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.
In 2012, Carestream was awarded 43 patents for innovations from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Carestream is a worldwide provider of dental and medical imaging systems and IT solutions; X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing; and advanced materials for the precision films and electronics markets.
Highlights of the new patents earned by the company’s scientists and engineers include:
- --- Innovations in Carestream’s portfolio of wireless digital X-ray detectors that can enhance medical image quality while helping improve patient care for a wide range of healthcare providers;
- --- New software enhancements for Carestream’s Vue PACS that provide flexible, cost-effective review, management, distribution and archiving of medical images to help optimize treatment decisions;
- --- Advancements in dental imaging, dental image processing and software, and new dental restoration systems;
- --- New technology in intraoral (within the mouth) optical camera systems and dental radiography sensors;
- --- Continued developments in Carestream imagers and media that provide affordable printing of digital X-ray exams onto medical film and paper; and
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--- New product features from Carestream Advanced Materials in transparent conductive films applying innovative silver nanowire technology that allows for exceptional conductance and superior optical performance on a flexible surface. These films enable flexible touch panel displays for a variety of products such as digital wrist devices, smart phones, digital tablets, laptops and electronic displays.
Carestream was awarded 33 patents from countries outside the United States, including Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and from several European locales as well.
The company’s product portfolio includes digital imaging systems for general radiology and specialty areas such as women’s health, orthopaedics and pediatrics; digital imagers that output medical images to film and paper; and healthcare IT solutions and cloud-based services for hospitals and medical group practices. The company’s Dental division develops and markets film and digital imaging solutions, anesthetics and practice management software.
Carestream Advanced Materials—a new business unit of Carestream—is a developer of transparent conductive films based on silver nanowire technology, with research and development facilities and distribution centers throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.
In 2012, Carestream was awarded 43 patents for innovations from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Carestream is a worldwide provider of dental and medical imaging systems and IT solutions; X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing; and advanced materials for the precision films and electronics markets.