Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for thermal management of an MRI component by reducing eddy currents
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Application No.: US14846042Application Date: 2015-09-04
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Publication No.: US09645210B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Christopher Thomas McNulty , Michael Stephen Poole , Gregory L. Charvat , Matthew Scot Rosen , Jonathan M. Rothberg
- Applicant: Hyperfine Research, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT Guilford
- Assignee: Hyperfine Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hyperfine Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Guilford
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01R33/38
- IPC: G01R33/38 ; G01R33/36 ; G01R33/385 ; G01R33/44 ; G01R33/58 ; G01R33/48 ; H01F7/02 ; H01F7/06 ; G01R33/381 ; G01R33/383 ; G01R33/3875 ; G01R33/54 ; G01R33/56 ; G01R33/34 ; G01R33/422

Abstract:
A thermal management component adapted to cool, when present, at least one component of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is described. The thermal management component is adapted to reduce or eliminate eddy current production during operation of the MRI system. The thermal management component comprises at least one conduit configured to circulate coolant, and at least one thermally-conductive substrate coupled to the at least one conduit and configured to transfer heat from the at least one component to the coolant when circulated through the at least one conduit, wherein the at least one thermally-conductive substrate is configured to reduce or eliminate eddy current production.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069971A1 THERMAL MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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