US Patent Issued to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS on Oct. 7 for "Shim apparatus, method for using the shim apparatus and MR apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,215, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Shim apparatus, method for using the shim apparatus and MR apparatus" was invented by Johann Sukkau (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Andrew Dewdney (Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany) and Michael Leigart (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one or more example embodiments, a shim apparatus for an MR apparatus includes a specimen holder, the specimen holder including a plurality of MR reference specimens, the MR reference specimens being on the specimen holder; a frame; a shaft, the shaft being mounted on the frame such that the shaft ...