Patents by Inventor Nicholas Castrilla

Nicholas Castrilla 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).

  • Failsafe protection from induced RF current for MRI RF coil assembly having transmit functionality
    Patent number: 9366737
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hamamura, Xiaoyu Yang, Nicholas Castrilla, Christopher J. Allen, Shinji Mitsui
  • FAILSAFE PROTECTION FROM INDUCED RF CURRENT FOR MRI RF COIL ASSEMBLY HAVING TRANSMIT FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20160033598
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori HAMAMURA, Xiaoyu Yang, Nicholas Castrilla, Christopher J. Allen, Shinji Mitsui
  • Failsafe protection from induced RF current for MRI RF coil assembly having transmit functionality
    Patent number: 9157972
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hamamura, Xiaoyu Yang, Nicholas Castrilla, Christopher J. Allen, Shinji Mitsui
  • FAILSAFE PROTECTION FROM INDUCED RF CURRENT FOR MRI RF COIL ASSEMBLY HAVING TRANSMIT FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20120306499
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC
    Inventors: YOSHINORI HAMAMURA, XIAOYU YANG, NICHOLAS CASTRILLA, CHRISTOPHER J. ALLEN, SHINJI MITSUI
  • Failsafe protection from induced RF current for MRI RF coil assembly having transmit functionality
    Patent number: 8269499
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Quality Electrodynamics, LLC, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hamamura, Xiaoyu Yang, Nicholas Castrilla, Christopher J. Allen, Shinji Mitsui
  • FAILSAFE PROTECTION FROM INDUCED RF CURRENT FOR MRI RF COIL ASSEMBLY HAVING TRANSMIT FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20110291655
    Abstract: An electrically-controlled failsafe switch is included in an MRI transmit-and-receive RF coil assembly so as to protect it from induced RF currents in the event it is disconnected from an MRI system, but inadvertently left linked to strong MRI RF fields during imaging procedures using other RF coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, QUALITY ELECTRODYNAMICS, LLC
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hamamura, Xiaoyu Yang, Nicholas Castrilla, Christopher J. Allen, Shinji Mitsui