Patents by Inventor Gordon Klimenko
Gordon Klimenko 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).
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Publication number: 20230333182Abstract: The present application relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising a cylindrical gradient coil apparatus, a radio frequency coil apparatus configured to transmit radio frequency signals at a first frequency, and a first shielding apparatus comprising a first shielding layer arranged radially between the gradient coil apparatus and the radio frequency coil apparatus; and a patient table device comprising a table portion configured for a patient to lie on it, and a second shielding apparatus arranged around at least a portion of the table portion, wherein when the magnetic resonance imaging device is engaged with the patient table device, the first shielding apparatus is in electrical contact with the second shielding apparatus to form a cutoff waveguide which is capable of cutting off radio frequency signals at frequencies below a second frequency, the second frequency being greater than the first frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Haoqin ZHU, John SAUNDERS, Gordon A. KLIMENKO, Darrell VAN MOL
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Patent number: 11653996Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd.Inventors: Gong Zhang, Haoqin Zhu, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, John Saunders
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Publication number: 20230120676Abstract: An upper coil assembly for use with a lower RF coil assembly mounted to provide an RF probe arranged to be engaged with a head of a patient in MRI includes a plurality of coil loops arranged in a row defining a phase shift coil array with each coil loop including an independent output conductor for communicating signals to a respective preamplifier for independent amplification and each coil loop including a plurality of capacitors at spaced positions therearound. To decouple the loops each coil loop partly overlaps a next coil loop with a first decoupling capacitor shared on a common portion of each coil loop and each next coil loop. The first and third coil loops are also decoupled by using third decoupling capacitor in a connecting conductor between the first and third coil loops.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Gong Zhang, Haoqin Zhu, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, John Saunders
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Patent number: 11369453Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd.Inventors: Gong Zhang, John Saunders, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol
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Patent number: 10987189Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd.Inventors: Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, John Saunders, Gong Zhang
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Publication number: 20200246106Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Gong Zhang, John Saunders, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol
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Publication number: 20200249289Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Gong Zhang, Haoqin Zhu, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, John Saunders
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Publication number: 20200249290Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, John Saunders, Gong Zhang
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Publication number: 20200249293Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: John Saunders, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, Gong Zhang
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Publication number: 20200246095Abstract: Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Gong Zhang, John Saunders, Gordon A. Klimenko, Darrell Van Mol, Philippe Magown
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Patent number: 9138145Abstract: Apparatus for radiation therapy combines a patient table, an MRI and a radiation treatment apparatus mounted in a common treatment room with the MR magnet movable from a position outside a radiation shielded door to an imaging position. An RF-shielded door is movable between a position, separating part of the treatment apparatus from the magnet and an open position allowing access of the patient to the treatment apparatus. In one configuration there is a row of treatment rooms and the magnet is mounted to move along a passageway outside the row of radiation shielded doors of the rooms.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Imris Inc.Inventors: Gordon Klimenko, Meir Dahan, Brendan Guyot, Labros Petropoulos, John Saunders, John Van Heteren, Jeff Winter, Hongxiang Yi
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Publication number: 20130317343Abstract: Apparatus for radiation therapy combines a patient table, an MRI and a radiation treatment apparatus mounted in a common treatment room with the MR magnet movable from a position outside a radiation shielded door to an imaging position. An RF-shielded door is movable between a position, separating part of the treatment apparatus from the magnet and an open position allowing access of the patient to the treatment apparatus. In one configuration there is a row of treatment rooms and the magnet is mounted to move along a passageway outside the row of radiation shielded doors of the rooms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Gordon Klimenko, Meir Dahan, Brendan Guyot, Labros Petropoulos, John Saunders, John Van Heteren, Jeff Winter, Hongxiang Yi