US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Jan. 27 for "Static magnetic field magnet and MRI apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,544, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Static magnetic field magnet and MRI apparatus" was invented by Takehiro Shibuya (Nasushiobara, Japan), Hiromi Kawamoto (Yaita, Japan) and Sadanori Tomiha (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static magnetic field magnet according to any of embodiments includes: a vacuum vessel; a radiation shield provided inside the vacuum vessel; a superconducting coil provided inside the radiation shield, the superconducting coil generating a static magnetic field; and a winding frame supporting the superconducting coil and including a heat-gene...