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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Steffen Weiss, Hamburg, DE;
Mark Thomas Johnson, Arendonk, BE;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Christoph Günther Leussler, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
This disclosure provides a device () for preparing a patient for examination in a medical magnetic resonance imaging environment. The device comprises: at least one stimulation unit (), adapted to operate separately from a magnetic stimulation used in the medical magnetic resonance imaging environment, and to intentionally stimulate a nerve and/or a muscle of a peripheral body part of the patient by applying an electrical and/or magnetic stimulation different from the magnetic stimulation used in the medical magnetic resonance imaging environment and being a proxy thereof; and at least one data processing unit (), adapted to control the at least one stimulation unit to apply the electrical and/or magnetic stimulation to which at least one patient stimulation threshold is assigned; means for using the stimulation for communicating with the patient.