US Patent Issued to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN on Sept. 22 for "3D printed MRI coil, phantom and shimming element" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,839, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Leuven, Belgium).

"3D printed MRI coil, phantom and shimming element" was invented by Rob Ameloot (Leuven, Belgium), Hanne Vanduffel (Tessenderlo, Belgium) and Cesar Parra (Heverlee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Configurations for MRI or NMR measurements include one or more 3D-printed hollow elements, adapted to the shape of an object to be measured. In one or more of the 3D-printed elements, the wall of the elements is made of a UV-curable electrically non-conducting material forming one or more channels. In at least one of the 3D-printed elements ha...