US Patent Issued to Hyperfine Operations on Oct. 7 for "Radio-frequency coil signal chain for a low-field MRI system" (Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,212, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyperfine Operations Inc. (Guilford, Conn.).

"Radio-frequency coil signal chain for a low-field MRI system" was invented by Hadrien A. Dyvorne (New York) and Todd Rearick (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in RF signal chain circuitry for a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A switching circuit in the RF signal chain circuitry may include at least one field effect transistor (FET) configured to operate as an RF switch at an operating frequency of less than 10 MHz. A decoupling circuit may include tuning circuitry coupled...