Fonar Corporation

Fornar Corporation

Timothy Damadian

Raymond V Damadian

Gordon T Danby

Hank T Hsieh

Terry Morrone

John W Jackson

James J Persoons

NMR apparatus for achieving construction of improved patient access desirably including a generally C-shaped yoke, and devices for reducing the field asymmetry caused by the C-shaped yoke.

Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and methods of use and facilities for incorporating the same

NMR apparatus for achieving construction of improved patient access. Facilities and methods of mobile and fixed site scanning.

Magnetic resonance imaging with patient positioning and surgery

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet in combination with a mobile patient-positioning device, including a patient support and a method of using same for positioning patients for MRI scanning. The patient support is rotatable through a range of orientations from a horizontal to a vertical position, including being lockable at any oblique angle with respect to the horizontal. The patient disposed on the patient-positioning device in a predetermined orientation can then be moved horizontally into and out of a patient-receiving space in the MRI magnet at the predetermined angle or orientation. A preferred embodiment includes a plurality of patient-positioning devices in which a series of patients can be placed in a ready state while one patient is within the patient-receiving space. As an alternative embodiment, the patient may be moved vertically into position for MRI scanning by way of an elevator which is actuatable from the floor below the patient receiving space. This elevator also may be used in combination with the patient-positioning device. Preferred embodiments facilitate MRI guided surgery and other procedures performed while the patient is being imaged.

MRI magnet with enhanced patient entry and positioning

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet in combination with a mobile patient-positioning device, including a patient support and a method of using same for positioning patients for MRI scanning. The patient support is rotatable through a range of orientations. The patient disposed on the patient-positioning device in a predetermined orientation can then be moved horizontally into and out of a patient-receiving space in the MRI magnet at the predetermined angle or orientation. A preferred embodiment includes a plurality of patient-positioning devices in which a series of patients can be placed in a ready state while one patient is within the patient-receiving space. As an alternative embodiment, the patient may be moved vertically into position for MRI scanning by way of an elevator which is actuatable from the floor below the patient receiving space. This elevator also may be used in combination with the patient-positioning device.

Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and methods of use and facilities

NMR apparatus for achieving construction of improved patient access. Faciliites and methods for mobile and fixed site NMR scanning.

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Syosset, NY, United States of America

Timothy Damadian