Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-24
2010-02-09
Shrivastav, Brij B. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
active
07659719
ABSTRACT:
An magnetic resonance apparatus in embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features: (a) a coil having at least two sections, (b) the at least two sections having a resonant circuit, (c) the at least two sections being reactively coupled or decoupled, (d) the at least two sections being separable, (e) the coil having openings allowing a subject to see or hear and to be accessed through the coil, (f) a cushioned head restraint, and (g) a subject input/output device providing visual data to the subject, the input/output device being selected from the group consisting of mirrors, prisms, video monitors, LCD devices, and optical motion trackers.
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Bradshaw Kenneth M
Holwell Joshua J
Vaughan John Thomas
Waks Matthew T
Watson Mark A
Fredrikson & Byron PA
MR Instruments, Inc.
Shrivastav Brij B.
Vaughn Megann E
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