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Magnetic resonance imaging probe

US7848788B2 · kind B2 · utility

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128References

26Claims

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Assignees

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US
Surgi-Vision Inc. · US

Inventors

Steve Tulley · Columbia, US
Albert C. Lardo · Baldwin, US
Parag V. Karmarkar · Columbia, US
Elliot McVeigh · Phoenix, US
Henry R. Halperin · Baltimore, US
Christine McNamara · Chelmsford, US
Paul A. Bottomley · Clifton Park, US
Ergin Atalar · Columbia, US
Xiaoming Yang · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 2002
Grant date	Dec 7, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M25/09
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Herein is disclosed a magnetic resonance imaging probe, having a probe shaft including a magnetic resonance antenna, and a spring tip attached to a distal end of the antenna.

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