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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
James C. Stephenson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bruce K. Gale, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Cynthia Furse, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James C. Stephenson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bruce K. Gale, Taylorsville, UT (US);
Cynthia Furse, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An NMR probe which includes a probe matrix () having a void sample () volume therein. A conductive coil () can be at least partially embedded in the probe matrix (). By embedding the conductive coil () in the probe matrix (), the fill-factor can be significantly increased. NMR probes can be formed by a method which includes wrapping a conductive wire () around a coil form () to produce a coil precursor assembly. The probe matrix () can be formed around the conductive wire and coil form with a matrix material using any suitable technique such as soft lithography and/or molding. The coil form can be removed from the probe matrix leaving a void sample volume () in the probe matrix. Advantageously, the NMR probes of the present invention allow for fill-factors approaching and achieving 100%.