US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Nov. 11 for "Airflow devices for magnetic resonance imaging" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,236, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Airflow devices for magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Jennifer Wagner (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Yoshinori Hamamura (Moreland Hills, Ohio) and Michael Steckner (Beachwood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a device comprises a body and one or more breathable barriers. The body includes a plurality of openings and forms one or more air spaces therein, wherein the plurality of openings and the one or more air spaces allow air to flow through the body in at least two directions, and wherein the at least two direction...