US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Split self-shielded gradient coil system, with power supply system for individually adjusting currents of sub-coil groups" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,620, issued on July 22.

"Split self-shielded gradient coil system, with power supply system for individually adjusting currents of sub-coil groups" was invented by Silvia Buttazzoni (Zollikofen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gradient coil system for use in a magnetic resonance device comprises a main coil having at least two main sub-coils for generating a gradient coil magnetic field in a target volume, a shielding coil having at least two shielding sub-coils for shielding the main coil, and a power supply system configured to adjust a plurality of electric currents. The main coil and the shielding coil are arranged c...