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Magnetic resonance gradient coil system having a liquid electrical conductor

US7538551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralph Kimmlingen · Zirndorf, DE
Andreas Krug · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Johann Schuster · Oberasbach, DE
Axel vom Endt · Newton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2006
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/24
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a gradient coil device having at least one conductor structure for use in a magnetic resonance apparatus, the conductor structure is a conductive liquid, contained in a tube system, that flows through the tube system in order to carry off heat lost during the operation of the gradient coil device.

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