ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,186, issued on July 15, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).
"MRI apparatus and amplifying apparatus" was invented by Kosuke Hayashi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Mitsuyuki Murakami (Nasushiobara, Japan), Aoi Sakamitsu (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Hirofumi Yamaki (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: an RF coil configured to apply a radio frequency (RF) signal of a Larmor frequency of a spin species in an object; and an amplifying apparatus configured to amplify the RF signal and supply the amplified RF signal to an output that is connectable to a load (80) that...