ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,877, issued on June 3, was assigned to SINO CANADA HEALTH ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HEFEI) LTD. (China).

"Magnetic resonance imaging system" was invented by Haoqin Zhu (Anhui, China), John Saunders (Anhui, China), Gordon A. Klimenko (Anhui, China) and Darrell Van Mol (Anhui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising a cylindrical gradient coil apparatus, a radio frequency coil apparatus configured to transmit radio frequency signals at a first frequency, and a first shielding apparatus comprising a first s...