ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,490, issued on June 23.
"MRI coil with an embedded diagnostic interface module and method of use" was invented by Fahad Alraddadi (Pittsburgh), William Monski (Sewickley, Pa.) and Tobias Sun (Wexford, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An MRI coil having embedded therein a Diagnostic Interface Device (or DID); means for plugging the embedded DID of the MRI coil to a frequency-testing power source, said embedded DID adapted for: (a) measuring the status of certain key electrical conditions for the coil; (b) receiving a response back from the signals initially aimed at the coil in question; (c) processing those responses received; and ...