Patents by Inventor Ernie Zepeda

Ernie Zepeda 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).

  • Patent number: 11255934
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance RF receive coil with non-conductive waveguides for data transfer between the RF coil antennas and the channel aggregator is described. The non-conductive waveguide for each channel includes a plastic waveguide transferring data between a millimeter wave transmitter and a millimeter wave receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Spring, Yoshinori Hamamura, Ernie Zepeda
  • Publication number: 20210333340
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance RF receive coil with non-conductive waveguides for data transfer between the RF coil antennas and the channel aggregator is described. The non-conductive waveguide for each channel includes a plastic waveguide transferring data between a millimeter wave transmitter and a millimeter wave receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Mark SPRING, Yoshinori Hamamura, Ernie Zepeda
  • Patent number: 11112470
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes data acquisition circuitry configured to generate magnetic resonance data; a digital encoder connected to receive the magnetic resonance data and configured to digitally encode the magnetic resonance data using an encoding scheme having a spectral null approximately at the Larmor frequency; and an electric data transmission line connected to transmit the digitally encoded magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hamamura, Mark Spring, Ernie Zepeda