ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,875, issued on June 3, was assigned to Qfix Systems LLC (Avondale, Pa.).

"Coil positioning apparatuses, systems, and methods thereof" was invented by Daniel D. Coppens (Avondale, Pa.), Josef Gabelberger (Avondale, Pa.), Andrew Johnson (Avondale, Pa.) and David M. Rabeno (Avondale, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention are directed to coil positioning apparatuses, systems, and methods of employing the same. One portable head coil apparatus is provided for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system. The portable head coil apparatus includes a base having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elemen...