US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of California on Sept. 2 for "Omnidirectional MRI catheter resonator and related systems, methods and devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,327, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Omnidirectional MRI catheter resonator and related systems, methods and devices" was invented by Bradford Thorne (San Francisco), Prasheel Lillaney (Redwood City, Calif.), Aaron Losey (San Francisco) and Steve Hetts (Hillsborough, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to interventional magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI). More specifically, clinical applications of the disclosed include magnetic resonance (MR) guided procedures such as endovascular interventions, percutaneous biopsies o...