ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,493, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Gradient coil unit for interventional MR imaging" was invented by Axel vom Endt (Erlangen, Germany) and Simon Korber (Hallerndorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gradient coil unit surrounding a cylindrical patient receiving region and including a hollow cylindrical primary coil and a hollow cylindrical secondary coil surrounding the primary coil and the patient receiving region in a coaxial manner, having a first longitudinal end in a longitudinal direction, which is designed to receive an examination object, and a second longitudinal en...