Patents by Inventor Fumio Sano

Fumio Sano 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).

  • Method of obtaining information of a specified or target area of a living body near its skin surface by the application of a nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon
    Patent number: 4240439
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of obtaining information of a specified or target area of a living body near its skin surface by the application of a nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon (NMR). This invention comprises a static magnetic field generator for generating a static magnetic field H.sub.0, a radio-frequency magnetic field generator for generating a radio-frequency magnetic field H.sub.1 perpendicular to said static magnetic field H.sub.0 and having a nuclear magnetic resonance frequency f.sub.0, and means disposed in close proximity to said target area for focusing one or both of said magnetic fields thereon, and relates to a method of obtaining, with a high signal to noise (SN) ratio and with ease, information of a specified area of a living body from the outside or inside of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Zenuemon Abe, Kunio Tanaka, Fumio Sano