US Patent Issued to Hyperfine Operations on Oct. 21 for "Radio frequency coil methods and apparatus" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,832, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Hyperfine Operations Inc. (Guilford, Conn.).

"Radio frequency coil methods and apparatus" was invented by Michael Stephen Poole (Guilford, Conn.), Gregory L. Charvat (Guilford, Conn.), Todd Rearick (Cheshire, Conn.) and Jonathan M. Rothberg (Miami Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects relate to providing radio frequency components responsive to magnetic resonance signals. According to some aspects, a radio frequency component comprises at least one coil having a conductor arranged in a plurality of turns oriented about a region of interest to respond to corresponding magnetic reson...