Patents by Inventor Teruaki Itabashi

Teruaki Itabashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20060033495
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an upper magnet and a lower magnet arranged oppositely and concentrically, a pair of columns installed over the outer part of the upper magnet and the lower magnet in a vertical direction, and a bed having a top plate on which an object to be examined is placed and which is inserted into a measurement space between the upper magnet and the lower magnet, wherein the pair of columns are arranged oppositely with respect to a central axis of the upper magnet and the lower magnet, a cross sectional area of one of the pair of columns is made smaller than that of the other, and a direction of bed insertion is inclined to the side of the column with small cross sectional area with respect to a line perpendicular to a line connecting the centers of the pair of columns and passing through the center of the pair of magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamizu, Shigeru Sato, Yoshiyuki Miyamoo, Teruaki Itabashi, Yoshiaki Amano, Mitsuru Onuma, Masakatsu Iwasaki, Yoshimi Kasai