General Electric Company

Ge Electric Company

Michael L Allford

Michael R Eggleston

Anthony Mantone

Michael Ben Sellers

Neil Clarke

Stephen R Elgin, Ii

The present invention provides for a cooling system for circulating a coolant to cool the patient bore. In one embodiment, that patient bore consists of two concentric cylinders separated by spacers running either longitudinally or helically. In another embodiment of the present invention, fluid may be passed either helically or longitudinally through tubes bonded to the outer diameter of the patient bore such that the parts of the bore that are exposed to the patient are directly cooled. In a third embodiment, the RF coil could form part of the patient bore, with the helical or longitudinal fluid channels surrounding the patient bore.

Apparatus for active cooling of an MRI patient bore in cylindrical MRI systems

A superconducting magnet coil support structure () includes a solid body () having an exterior side (), an interior portion (), and an interior side (). The interior portion has a base () that is formed of a first resin material. The exterior side () has multiple spacers () and multiple pockets () with dimensions that correspond to dimensions of a superconducting magnet (). The spacers () are coupled to the base () and are formed of a second resin material. The exterior side (), the interior portion (), and the interior side () include varying width material.

Superconducting magnet coil support structure

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Michael L Allford