Patents by Inventor Andreas Henricus Wilhelmus Snelders

Andreas Henricus Wilhelmus Snelders 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).

  • Combiner/splitter device for an MRI system
    Patent number: 7019527
    Abstract: A combiner/splitter device (100) comprises two transmission lines (23, 24), wound to form a helical coil (55), this helical coil being bent to a toroidal shape. Furthermore, a capacitor (51) is provided, connected in parallel with the two outer conductors (25, 26) of the two transmission lines (23, 24). The combination of the wound transmission lines and said capacitor forms a parallel resonator (56). The combiner/splitter device is suitable for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to combine the output signals of a receiver coil system and/or to split the input signal of a transmission coil system used in the MRI system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Paul Kleihorst, Eerke Holle, Andreas Henricus Wilhelmus Snelders