Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Bruce C. Breneman

17Patents
12h-index
11Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 1987 → Jul 8, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5194810A Superconducting MRI magnet with magnetic flux field homogeneity control Electricity 123 Expired
US5412363A Open access superconducting MRI magnet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US5134374A Magnetic field control apparatus Electricity 69 Expired
US4943774A Magnetic field control apparatus Physics 64 Expired
US5003276A Method of site shimming on permanent magnets Physics 30 Expired
US4782671A Cooling apparatus for MRI magnet system and method of use Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 29 Expired
US4980641A Method and apparatus of reducing magnetic hysteresis in MRI systems Physics 23 Expired
US4841268A MRI Magnet system with permanently installed power leads Physics 17 Expired
US5414399A Open access superconducting MRI magnet having an apparatus for reducing magnetic hysteresis in superconducting MRI systems Physics 16 Expired
US6438967B1 Cryocooler interface sleeve for a superconducting magnet and method of use Electricity 15 Expired
US5418462A Method for determining shim placement on tubular magnet Physics 14 Expired
US4743880A MRI magnet system having shield and method of manufacture Physics 14 Expired
US4768008A MRI magnet system with vessel having composite first wall Physics 11 Expired
US4931759A Magnetic resonance imaging magnet having minimally symmetric ferromagnetic shield Physics 9 Expired
US5517121A MRI system with side-access to an image volume located within a two-column main magnet Physics 6 Expired
US6438966B1 Cryocooler interface sleeve Electricity 6 Expired
US8729899B2 MRI magnet and MRI system with optimized fringe fields, attractive forces and spatial constraints Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.