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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Zamir Hayek, London, NW4 1AA, GB;
Inventor:
Zamir Hayek, London, NW4 1AA, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/00 (2006.01); A62B 9/00 (2006.01); A62B 9/02 (2006.01); A62B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging scanner for imaging the heart of a patient comprising inducing apnoea in the patient; sensing an electrical heart waveform; in response thereto moving the chest wall of the patient to a desired location; and triggering the scanner to image.