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Transmission line for use in RF fields

US7750637B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Steffen Weiss · Eindhoven, NL
Bernhard Gleich · Hamburg, DE
Peter Vernickel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2005
Grant date	Jul 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/288
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrically conductive link (connection lead) or transmission line (13) including at least one transformer (41, 42; 83) for coupling at least two lead segments (51, 52; 81, 82) of the line (13) and for providing safety of the line when guided through a RF field. These lines are especially provided for use with a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system and for connecting an electrical device (10), especially a catheter or another invasive device for the examination of a human body, to a connection unit (12) such as, for example, a power supply or control unit outside the examination zone (1) without imposing the risk of disturbances and/or destruction of the electrical device and/or the connection unit and of burning a patient (P) by a heating of the line when guided through RF fields.

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