US Patent Issued on March 3 for "Shim coils for a compact MRI gradient system based on multilayer flexible printed circuit boards and arrangement scheme of conductor layers" (French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,227, issued on March 3.

"Shim coils for a compact MRI gradient system based on multilayer flexible printed circuit boards and arrangement scheme of conductor layers" was invented by Lukas Hanichen (Karlsruhe, Germany), Sebastian Breham (Wissembourg, France) and Pierre Germain (Oberhoffen les Wissembourg, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined gradient coil and shim coil assembly for use in MR-devices, comprising a cylindric carrier tube, a gradient coil system arranged concentrically onto the carrier tube, a cooling tube assembly positioned around the gradient coils, and an active shim coil system, is characterized in that ...