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Radio-frequency coil apparatus and base having a sliding and coil management system

US10591559B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Jun You · Nanhu, CN
Zeng He He · Nanhu, CN
Stephan Zink · Erlangen, DE
Volker Matschl · Bamberg, DE
Wen Ming Li · Nanhu, CN
Rainer Kurth · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 2, 2018
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/055
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Radio-frequency (RF) coil apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging has a base and an RF coil, wherein the base has a sliding base guide structure and a guide cavity, the RF coil has a sliding coil structure fitting the sliding base guide structure, and an electric cable of the RF coil is accommodated in the guide cavity and can move in the guide cavity. One end of the electric cable is fixed to the RF coil by a first fixing bracket, and another end of the electric cable is fixed to the base by a second fixing bracket so that a predetermined length of the cable projects from the base.

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