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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:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory I Eydelman, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Anthony Giambalvo, Kings Park, NY (US);
Raymond V Damadian, Woodbury, NY (US);
Assignee:
Fonar Corporation, Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ; G01V / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324318 ; 324322 ; 1286535 ;
Abstract
A primary tuned circuit and a secondary tuned circuit are inductively coupled. Primary and secondary inductors of the tuned circuits each exhibit a respective region of sufficiently uniform sensitivity for MRI studies. Both the primary and secondary inductors receive, in use, an MRI signal directly from a subject to be imaged.