Patents Assigned to Quality Electrodynamics, LLC
  • 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