IP Library Granted Patent US 9,958,518
Granted Patent B2
US 9,958,518 · App. 13/974,534 · Granted May 1, 2018

Shoulder coil and transmitting coil for magnetic resonance system

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Patent No.
US 9,958,518
App. No.
13/974,534
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shoulder coil for a magnetic resonance system includes a receiving part. The shoulder coil also includes a transmitting part used for coupling a radio-frequency magnetic field of a body coil of the magnetic resonance system.

Claims (32)

1. A shoulder coil for a magnetic resonance system, the shoulder coil comprising:

a receiving part; and

a transmitting part having two circular rings and two wires, wherein the two circular rings are identical and co-axial, wherein the two circular rings each have an opening with two ends of the opening being respectively connected to the two wires, wherein the two wires intersect an odd-number of times, wherein the two circular rings bend toward each other at an end opposite to the respective opening, and wherein the transmitting part is configured to couple a radio-frequency magnetic field of a body coil of the magnetic resonance system such that no dedicated transmission cable for connecting the transmitting part and the magnetic resonance system is required,

wherein the receiving part and the transmitting part are mutually independent, and

wherein the shoulder coil is configured to examine a shoulder of a patient.

2. The shoulder coil as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitting part comprises a Helmholtz coil.

3. The shoulder coil as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each circular ring of the two circular rings comprises one or more capacitors, and

wherein the one or more capacitors are connected in series at equal intervals on the circular ring.

4. The shoulder coil as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a three-dimensional geometric center of the transmitting part coincides with a three-dimensional geometric center of the receiving part.

5. A transmitting coil of a shoulder coil for a magnetic resonance system, the transmitting coil comprising:

two circular rings and two wires,

wherein the two circular rings are identical, parallel to each other and co-axial, the two circular rings respectively having an opening, two ends of each opening being respectively connected to the two wires,

wherein the two wires intersect for odd-numbered times,

wherein the transmitting coil is configured to couple a radio-frequency magnetic field of a body coil of the magnetic resonance system such that no dedicated transmission cable for connecting the transmitting part and the magnetic resonance system is required, and

wherein the transmitting coil is configured to examine a shoulder of a patient.

6. A transmitting coil of a shoulder coil for a magnetic resonance system, the transmitting coil comprising:

two circular rings and two wires,

wherein the two circular rings are identical and co-axial, the two circular rings respectively have an opening, two ends of each opening being respectively connected to the two wires, the two wires intersecting for odd-numbered times,

wherein the two circular rings bend toward each other at an end opposite to the respective opening,

wherein the transmitting coil is configured to couple a radio-frequency magnetic field of a body coil of the magnetic resonance system such that no dedicated transmission cable for connecting the transmitting part and the magnetic resonance system is required, and

wherein the transmitting coil is configured to examine a shoulder of a patient.

7. A magnetic resonance system comprising:

a shoulder coil configured to examine a shoulder of a patient, the shoulder coil comprising:

a receiving part; and

a transmitting part having two circular rings and two wires, wherein the two circular rings are identical and co-axial, wherein the two circular rings each have an opening with two ends of the opening being respectively connected to the two wires, wherein the two wires intersect an odd-number of times, wherein the two circular rings bend toward each other at an end opposite to the respective opening, and wherein the transmitting part is configured to couple a radio-frequency magnetic field of a body coil of the magnetic resonance system such that no dedicated transmission cable for connecting the transmitting part and the magnetic resonance system is required,

wherein the receiving part and the transmitting part are mutually independent.

8. The magnetic resonance system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the transmitting part comprises a Helmholtz coil.

9. The shoulder coil as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each circular ring of the two circular rings comprises one or more capacitors, and

wherein the one or more capacitors are connected in series at equal intervals on the circular ring.

10. The magnetic resonance system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a three-dimensional geometric center of the transmitting part coincides with a three-dimensional geometric center of the receiving part.

11. The magnetic resonance coil as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmitting part and the receiving part are configured to be respectively used alone or together.

12. The magnetic resonance coil as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receiving coil is a phased array coil.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 066088 FRAME: 0256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 071178/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066088/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 046380/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2014
From: DU, SHU; HE, ZENG HE; LI, WEN WING; TONG, TONG; WANG, JIANMIN
To: SIEMENS SHENZHEN MAGNETIC RESONANCE LTD
Reel/Frame 032220/0866 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2014
From: SIEMENS SHENZHEN MAGNETIC RESONANCE LTD
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 032220/0987 →