Patents by Inventor Donald Robert Nixdorf

Donald Robert Nixdorf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-planar intraoral RF coil for magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 11448714
    Abstract: A multi-planar intraoral radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system can include a housing having a shape configured to be positioned in an occlusal plane between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a subject and a plurality of coil elements disposed within the housing. The plurality of coil elements includes a first coil element positioned in a first plane and a second coil element positioned in a second plane different from the first plane and substantially parallel to the first plane. The coil elements can be loop coil elements or dipole coil elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Donald Robert Nixdorf, Ali Caglar Ozen, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Gregor Adriany
  • MULTI-PLANAR INTRAORAL RF COIL FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20210018579
    Abstract: A multi-planar intraoral radio frequency (RF) coil apparatus for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system can include a housing having a shape configured to be positioned in an occlusal plane between an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a subject and a plurality of coil elements disposed within the housing. The plurality of coil elements includes a first coil element positioned in a first plane and a second coil element positioned in a second plane different from the first plane and substantially parallel to the first plane. The coil elements can be loop coil elements or dipole coil elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Donald Robert Nixdorf, Ali Caglar Ozen, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Gregor Adriany