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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Peter V. Czipott, San Diego, CA (US);
Sankaran Kumar, San Marcos, CA (US);
Stephen Wolff, San Diego, CA (US);
Lowell J. Burnett, El Cajon, CA (US);
Richard J. Mcclure, San Diego, CA (US);
R. Kemp Massengill, Leucadia, CA (US);
William F. Avrin, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter V. Czipott, San Diego, CA (US);
Sankaran Kumar, San Marcos, CA (US);
Stephen Wolff, San Diego, CA (US);
Lowell J. Burnett, El Cajon, CA (US);
Richard J. McClure, San Diego, CA (US);
R. Kemp Massengill, Leucadia, CA (US);
William F. Avrin, San Diego, CA (US);
MedNovus, Inc., Leucadia, CA (US);
Quantum Magnetics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to screen individuals specifically for paramagnetic or ferromagnetic objects they may be carrying or wearing, before they enter the high-field region of an MRI suite. The device comprises either a screening portal or a compact, hand-held magnetic gradiometer and its electronics. The device places all of the sensor arrays in close proximity to all parts of a subject's body, for screening purposes.