US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on March 24 for "Broadband switch for 3T and 7T magnetic resonance imaging" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,880, issued on March 24, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Broadband switch for 3T and 7T magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Gameel Saleh Mohammed Saleh (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Ashraf Abuelhaija (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid microstripline transmit/receive switch and methods for use in magnetic resonance imaging of X-atomic nuclei at 3T and 7T magnetic field strengths. A first and second dielectric substrate each include a broadband hybrid magnetic coupler formed on the top side and a ground plane formed on the bottom side. An RF electrical sig...