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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2008
Abdul Rahman Abdallah Al-khalidy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruce Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Arthur Urbahn, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-larsen, Frederiksberg C, DK;
Vincent Paul Staudinger, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jaydeep Roy, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Abdul Rahman Abdallah Al-khalidy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruce Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Arthur Urbahn, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen, Frederiksberg C, DK;
Vincent Paul Staudinger, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jaydeep Roy, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for automated hyperpolarization of samples for use as an imaging agent comprising a sample box, an airlock chamber configured to receive a sample from the sample box, a cryogenic chamber, a guide channel to transport samples from the airlock chamber to the cryogenic chamber, a heater and pressure module coupled to the sample box, an insertion and retraction device to transport samples through the guide channel to and from the cryogenic chamber, a dissolution module coupled to the sample box, and a controller to regulate hyperpolarization of the samples by controlling one or more of position, sequencing, temperature, pressure, and dissolution of the samples within the apparatus. Also provided is a machine-readable medium comprising instruction which, when executed by a controller, causes a hyperpolarization apparatus to perform the steps of hyperpolarization of a sample.