Patents by Inventor Hisashi Kawachi

Hisashi Kawachi 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).

  • Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method of conveying the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
    Patent number: 7501824
    Abstract: With a view to shortening the cable laying time there is provided a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for generating an image of a subject in accordance with a magnetic resonance signal received after application of a high-frequency magnetic field to the subject under a static magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a base, operating portions provided in the base and performing predetermined operations, such as a data collector and a controller, two pipes projecting from the base, and plural cables wound in the figure of 8 onto projecting portions of the two pipes projecting from the base, one end of the cables being connected electrically to the operating portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawachi, Norifumi Ohgishi, Nobutaka Ito
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONVEYING THE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070290687
    Abstract: With a view to shortening the cable laying time there is provided a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for generating an image of a subject in accordance with a magnetic resonance signal received after application of a high-frequency magnetic field to the subject under a static magnetic field and a gradient magnetic field, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a base, operating portions provided in the base and performing predetermined operations, such as a data collector and a controller, two pipes projecting from the base, and plural cables wound in the figure of 8 onto projecting portions of the two pipes projecting from the base, one end of the cables being connected electrically to the operating portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawachi, Norifumi Ohgishi, Nobutaka Ito