ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,839, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).
"Static field magnet and MRI apparatus" was invented by Yoshitomo Sakakura (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a static field magnet to be used for MRI includes at least one loop coil pair including: a first loop coil to be supplied with an electric current in a first direction; and a second loop coil to be supplied with an electric current in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein: the first and second loop coils are arranged such that a first coil plane and a second coil plane are along a pri...