Patents by Inventor Enzo Barberi

Enzo Barberi 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).

  • Multiply-tuned volume resonator for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
    Patent number: 7119541
    Abstract: A multiply-tuned volume resonator comprises a generally cylindrical birdcage comprising a pair of end rings and generally parallel column elements bridging the end rings at generally equal circumferentially spaced locations. The column elements carry at least two distinct-valued, alternating impedance components. A plurality of capacitors is disposed on the end rings. Each capacitor is positioned between a pair of adjacent column elements. The capacitors on the end rings are tuned to the resonant frequency associated with a low frequency paramagnetic nuclei and the impedance components on the column elements are tuned to the resonant frequency associated with at least one high frequency paramagnetic nuclei. Direct drives are provided for high frequency and low frequency sections of the volume resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: XLR Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Enzo Barberi
  • Multiply-tuned volume resonator for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
    Publication number: 20060012370
    Abstract: A multiply-tuned volume resonator comprises a generally cylindrical birdcage comprising a pair of end rings and generally parallel column elements bridging the end rings at generally equal circumferentially spaced locations. The column elements carry at least two distinct-valued, alternating impedance components. A plurality of capacitors is disposed on the end rings. Each capacitor is positioned between a pair of adjacent column elements. The capacitors on the end rings are tuned to the resonant frequency associated with a low frequency paramagnetic nuclei and the impedance components on the column elements are tuned to the resonant frequency associated with at least one high frequency paramagnetic nuclei. Direct drives are provided for high frequency and low frequency sections of the volume resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: Enzo Barberi