ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,696, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
"Modular radio-frequency coil assemblies of a magnetic resonance system" was invented by Thomas Stickle (Moreland Hills, Ohio), Taylan Dalveren (North Ridgeville, Ohio) and David Louis Seamon Anderson (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency (RF) coil assembly for a magnetic resonance (MR) system is provided. The RF coil assembly includes one or more modules. A module of the one or more modules includes one or more RF coils, each RF coil including a coil loop that includes a wire conductor, the wire conductor formed into the c...