ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,337, issued on June 24, was assigned to Promaxo Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Pseudo-birdcage coil with variable tuning and applications thereof" was invented by Aleksandar Nacev (San Francisco) and Jose Miguel Algarin Guisado (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil for single-sided magnetic resonance imaging is disclosed. The coil is configured to generate a magnetic field outwards away from the coil. The coil includes a first ring and a second ring having different diameters and the current flows through the coil to generate the magnetic field in a region of interest. A method of imaging via a magnetic imaging apparatus i...