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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286532 ; 1286535 ; 324318 ;
Abstract
In an MR imaging apparatus, a receiving coil comprising an upper coil and a lower coil which jointly sandwitch a desired part of a body to be inspected in an openable and closable manner, the upper and the lower coils being connected by connection means comprised of flexible and electrically conductive member to form a single coil. NMR signals can be detected at a high sensitivity, enabling an image of a high S/N ratio and measurement of a wide detection region.