ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,714, issued on April 15, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Gradient coil unit free of active screening" was invented by Peter Dietz (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gradient coil unit is described that is designed as a hollow cylinder surrounding a patient receiving region in the longitudinal direction and is subdivisible into four quadrants, comprising a primary coil including a conductor structure that includes a geometric arrangement of an electrical conductor with a conductor cross-section arranged within a quadrant of the four quadrants. The quadrant comprises at least one neutral regi...