ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,538, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Adjustable multistage coil for functional imaging of limb" was invented by Taylan Dalveren (North Ridgeville, Ohio), Robert Clinton Rainey (Stow, Ohio), Victor Taracila (Orange Village, Ohio), Fraser John Laing Robb (Aurora, Ohio) and Jana Michelle Vincent (Aurora, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency (RF) multistage receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The RF multistage receiving coil assembly includes a plurality of RF coils, wherein each RF coil of the plurality of RF coils includ...