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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pei Hsuon Chan, Aurora, OH (US);
Matthias Gyori, Hudson, OH (US);
Mark Xueming Zou, Aurora, OH (US);
Assignee:
USA Instruments, Inc., Aurora, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
An MRI array coil system for neurovascular and spine imaging of a human includes a neck coil having a split top; a dome-like head coil having a dome region, the head coil being slidable between a closed position adjacent to the neck coil and an open position spaced away from the neck coil; a posterior torso coil attached to the neck coil; and an anterior torso coil adapted to cooperate with the posterior coil.