ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,965, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Erlangen, Germany).

"Coil interface apparatus, coil apparatus and MRI device" was invented by Tong Tong (Shenzhen, China), Qiu Yi Zhang (Shenzhen, China) and Jan Bollenbeck (Bayern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil interface apparatus may include: a plug, for connection to a coil apparatus for receiving a magnetic resonance signal via a test subject in the MRI device. The plug may include a first power coupler and at least one first signal coupler. The apparatus may include a socket, for connection to a main body of the MRI device. The socket may include a ...