ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,479, issued on June 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (Shenzhen, China).

"Magnetic resonance multi-core radio frequency coil device and control method, and magnetic resonance imaging system" was invented by Ye Li (Shenzhen, China), Nan Li (Shenzhen, China), Feng Du (Shenzhen, China), Qiaoyan Chen (Shenzhen, China), Chao Luo (Shenzhen, China), Xin Liu (Shenzhen, China) and Hairong Zheng (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance multi-core radio frequency coil device includes a first birdcage coil and a second birdcage coil coaxially nested. The first birdcage coil includes four fir...