US Patent Issued to ESAOTE on Dec. 2 for "MRI apparatus with improved thermal control system and method for operating said thermal control system" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,302, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ESAOTE S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"MRI apparatus with improved thermal control system and method for operating said thermal control system" was invented by Paolo Iaia (Genoa, Italy), Vincenzo Punzo (San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy) and Giuseppe Salvo (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An MRI apparatus with an enhanced thermal control system, the apparatus including: a static magnetic field generation unit with at least two magnetic poles at a predetermined distance and forming a gantry for housing an object to be imaged; one heater for heating the magnetic poles and/or the magnetic yoke; one o...