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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Yoshinori Hamamura, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Xiaoyu Yang, Indiana, PA (US);
Nicholas Castrilla, Ravenna, OH (US);
Christopher J. Allen, Euclid, OH (US);
Shinji Mitsui, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshinori Hamamura, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Xiaoyu Yang, Indiana, PA (US);
Nicholas Castrilla, Ravenna, OH (US);
Christopher J. Allen, Euclid, OH (US);
Shinji Mitsui, Nasushiobara, JP;
QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.