Magnetic resonance coil unit and method for its manufacture

US10908238B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Brainlab AG · DE
• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• pro med instruments GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Patrick Gross · Langensendelbach, DE
• Tilman NIEDERFÜHR · Glückstadt, DE
• Brian Vasey · Munich, DE
• Nadja Heindl · Munich, DE
• Dimitrios Sapnaras · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance (MR) coil unit, comprising: —an MR coil body which houses at least one MR coil, the MR coil body having a front surface for facing a patient, a reverse surface opposite to the front surface, and at least one opening through the MR coil body which connects the front and reverse surfaces; —at least one MR marker located at least partly in said at least one opening in the MR coil body; and—at least one optical marker located above the reverse surface of the MR coil body.