US Patent Issued to Hyperfine Operations on July 22 for "Radio frequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,622, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyperfine Operations Inc. (Guilford, Conn.).

"Radio frequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Eddy B. Boskamp (Shelton, Conn.) and Michael Stephen Poole (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus is described herein for facilitating imaging of a patient positioned within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the MRI system comprising a B0 magnet. The apparatus may comprise a frame comprising a first plate and a second plate disposed opposite the first plate; and an RF transmit coil comprising a plurality of conductors connecte...