US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers on Aug. 11 for "Magnetic-resonance compatible earphone, magnetic-resonance compatible intercom system and head coil apparatus" (Chinese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,179, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Erlangen, Germany).

"Magnetic-resonance compatible earphone, magnetic-resonance compatible intercom system and head coil apparatus" was invented by Ting Qiang Xue (Shenzhen, China), Jianmin Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Markus Vester (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic-resonance compatible earphone is provided comprising an earphone body, a diaphragm, and a drive coil. The diaphragm is arranged on the earphone body and configured to generate sound through vibration. The drive coil is arranged on the earphone body and used to receive audio current....