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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicants:
Quality Electrodynamics, Llc, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
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;
Assignees:
QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3664 (2013.01); G01R 33/365 (2013.01); G01R 33/3628 (2013.01); G01R 33/3642 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01);
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.