Patents by Inventor Michael A. Palmo

Michael A. Palmo 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).

  • Cold mass support structure and helium vessel of actively shielded high field open MRI magnets
    Patent number: 7242191
    Abstract: An open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided with at least one main coil for generating a magnetic field for imaging a volume, and at least one shaping coil. The at least one shaping coil is positioned relative to the at least one main coil to shape the magnetic field in the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evangelos Laskaris, Xianrui Huang, Michele Dollar Ogle, Michael A. Palmo, Paul S. Thompson
  • Cold mass support structure and helium vessel of actively shielded high field open MRI magnets
    Publication number: 20040100261
    Abstract: An open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided with at least one main coil for generating a magnetic field for imaging a volume, and at least one shaping coil. The at least one shaping coil is positioned relative to the at least one main coil to shape the magnetic field in the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Evangelos Laskaris, Xianrui Huang, Michele Dollar Ogle, Michael A. Palmo, Paul S. Thompson
  • Aperture sized disc shaped end caps of a ferromagnetic shield for magnetic resonance magnets
    Patent number: 4646045
    Abstract: A shield for a MR magnet is provided comprising a cylindrical shell of magnetic material surrounding the MR magnet. The cylindrical shell is situated so that its longitudinal axis is coaxial with the magnetic axis of the MR magnet. Two disk shape end caps of magnetic material are secured to either end of the cylindrical shell. The end caps each define a central aperture extending longitudinally through the disk, with the radial extent of each of the apertures sized so that the perturbation of the field in the working volume of the MR magnet due to the cylindrical shell is compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Madabushi V. Chari, Ahmed K. Kalafala, John D'Angelo, Michael A. Palmo, Jr.