ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,243, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Adaptable dual-tuned optically controlled on-coil amplifer for high-field magnetic resonance imaging systems" was invented by Natalia Gudino (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optically controlled, multi-transmitter magnetic resonance imaging system for multi-nuclear, high field applications is disclosed. In one embodiment, the MRI system may include a dual-tuned radio-frequency (RF), on-coil power amplifier for amplifying RF power signals at two or more frequen...