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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:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kenneth William Rohling, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Dean Watkins, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kenneth William Rohling, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Dean Watkins, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device includes a non-magnetic, thermally conductive spreader substrate having a broken metal layer coupled to a thermally conductive, electrically non-conductive layer, wherein the broken metal layer is configured to exchange heat with at least one serpentine cooling tube.