IP Library Granted Patent US 7,528,605
Granted Patent B2
US 7,528,605 · App. 11/940,668 · Granted May 5, 2009

Superconductive magnet device and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,528,605
App. No.
11/940,668
Granted
May 5, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A superconductive magnet device includes: a pair of coil vessels configured to house a plurality of superconductive coils formed circularly, together with a refrigerant; a pair of vacuum vessels configured to house the coil vessels in the vacuum vessels, respectively; a pair of supports configured to connect the vacuum vessels to each other in a state of the vacuum vessels being faced to each other in an up and down direction, wherein a space between the vacuum vessels is made into a uniform magnetic field space; and a refrigerator and a power lead port configured to be provided at an upper portion of one vacuum vessel positioned upper than the other out of the vacuum vessels, wherein the refrigerator is disposed above one support out of the supports, and the power lead port is disposed above the other support different from the one support.

Claims (29)

1. A superconductive magnet device comprising:

a pair of coil vessels configured to house a plurality of superconductive coils formed circularly, together with a refrigerant;

a pair of vacuum vessels, including an upper vacuum vessel and a lower vacuum vessel, configured to house the coil vessels in the vacuum vessels, respectively; and

a pair of supports configured to connect the vacuum vessels to each other in a state of the vacuum vessels being faced to each other in an up and down direction with the upper vacuum vessel above the lower vacuum vessel, wherein a space between the upper vacuum vessel and the lower vacuum vessel is made into a uniform magnetic field space;

wherein the upper vacuum vessel is provided with a refrigerator and a power lead port at an upper portion thereof; and

wherein the refrigerator is disposed above one support of the pair of the supports, and the power lead port is disposed above the other support different from the one support.

2. The superconductive magnet device according to claim 1 , wherein a supply port for supplying the refrigerant is provided at the power lead port.

3. The superconductive magnet device according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the coil vessels comprises each one of the superconductive coils and the superconductive shielding coils of which diameters are larger than those of the superconductive coils, and

wherein the power lead port is disposed between the superconductive coil and the superconductive shielding coil in a radial direction of one coil vessel positioned upper than the other coil vessel out of the coil vessels.

4. An magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having the superconductive magnet device according to claim 3 , the apparatus comprising:

a bed where a patient body is placed;

a carrier device configured to carry the patient body placed on the bed to an imaging region; and

an analyzer configured to analyze a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from the patient body carried to the imaging region by the carrier device.

5. An magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having the superconductive magnet device according to claim 2 , the apparatus comprising:

a bed where a patient body is placed;

a carrier device configured to carry the patient body placed on the bed to an imaging region; and

an analyzer configured to analyze a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from the patient body carried to the imaging region by the carrier device.

6. The superconductive magnetic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the coil vessels comprises each one of the superconductive coils and a superconductive shielding coils of which diameters are larger than those of the superconductive coils, and

wherein the power lead port is disposed between the superconductive coil and the superconductive shielding coil in a radial direction of one coil vessel positioned upper than the other coil vessel out of the coil vessels.

7. An magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having the superconductive magnet device according to claim 6 , the apparatus comprising:

a bed where a patient body is placed;

a carrier device configured to carry the patient body placed on the bed to an imaging region; and

an analyzer configured to analyze a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from the patient body carried to the imaging region by the carrier device.

8. An magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having the superconductive magnet device according to claim 1 , the apparatus comprising:

a bed where a patient body is placed;

a carrier device configured to carry the patient body placed on the bed to an imaging region; and

an analyzer configured to analyze a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from the patient body carried to the imaging region by the carrier device.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069869/0560 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 11, 2024
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069162/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059376/0843 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: HITACHI KYOWA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059342/0928 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059018/0095 →