Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and methods of use and facilities for incorporating the same

US6621267B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Fonar Corporation · US

Inventors

• Raymond V. Damadian · Woodbury, US
• Gordon T. Danby · Wading River, US
• John W. Jackson · Waterloo, US
• Hank Hsieh · Berkeley, US
• Terry Morrone · Greenlawn, US
• Timothy Damadian · Huntington Station, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2003
• Expiry date: May 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/374
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

NMR apparatus for achieving construction of improved patient access desirably including a generally C-shaped yoke, and devices for reducing the field asymmetry caused by the C-shaped yoke.