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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:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Kent Cueman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Kent Cueman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MRI apparatus includes a MRI gradient coil and an MRI cooling system. The MRI cooling system is thermally connected to the MRI gradient coil and includes a cooling circuit. A chiller is connected to the cooling circuit and configured to pump a coolant through the cooling circuit and extract heat from the coolant. The coolant includes both a carrier fluid and a phase-change material.