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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel P Felmlee, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard L Ehman, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324318 ; 324318 ; 324309 ; 600438 ; 600437 ;
Abstract
Devices for producing an oscillatory shear stress within an object positioned in a polarizing magnetic field of an NMR imaging system are used to perform MR elastography. In one embodiment shear stress is produced within the brain by vibrating the entire skull with a transducer that is gripped by the patient's teeth.