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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Melzer, Duisburg, DE;
Martin Busch, Witten, DE;
Assignee:
Simag GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; A61B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; A61B 1/700 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging process for the imaging and determination of the position of a stent introduced into an examination object as well as to the stent so utilized. According to the invention, the stent has at least one passive resonance circuit with an inductance and a capacitance whereby its resonance frequency is essentially equal to the resonance frequency of the applied high-frequency radiation of the magnetic resonance system. A changed signal response is thus produced in a locally defined area in or around the stent which is imaged in spatial resolution.