US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Dec. 16 for "Static magnetic field magnet and MRI apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,436, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Static magnetic field magnet and MRI apparatus" was invented by Takehiro Shibuya (Nasushiobara, Japan), Hiromi Kawamoto (Yaita, Japan) and Sadanori Tomiha (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static magnetic field magnet according to any of embodiments includes: a superconducting coil generating a static magnetic field; and a radiation shield surrounding the superconducting coil. In the static magnetic field magnet, at least a surface on a gradient coil side of the radiation shield includes a peripheral portion that forms multiple ...