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Cryostat and method for reducing heat input into a cryostat

US10008313B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Patrick William Retz · Woodstock, GB
Neil Charles Tigwell · Witney, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3815
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a cryostat, in particular for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, and a method for reducing heat input into such a cryostat, an insert is provided that is adapted to be inserted into an opening of the cryostat. The insert is adapted to provide one or more passageways for a cryogen through the opening by defining at least one space between the outer surface of the insert and at least one part of the inner surface of the opening. This space allows the cryogen to pass over the part of the inner surface of the opening.

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