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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bulent Aksel, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Cherik Bulkes, Sussex, WI (US);
Douglas Arthur Kelley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven Joseph Brzozowski, Scotia, NY (US);
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bulent Aksel, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Cherik Bulkes, Sussex, WI (US);
Douglas Arthur Kelley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven Joseph Brzozowski, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermal management system and method for cooling Magnetic Resonance Imaging gradient coils. The system includes least one first header tube positioned adjacent to said gradient coils and configured to transport a coolant fluid; at least one set of cooling tubes connected to said header tube at inlet ends and configured to transport said coolant fluid, wherein said cooling tubes are parallel to each other and at least one second header tube positioned adjacent to said gradient coils, connected to said at least one set of cooling tubes at outlet ends of said at least one set of cooling tubes and configured to transport said coolant fluid.