ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,969, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Synex Medical Inc. (Toronto).

"Magnet system for nuclear magnetic resonance" was invented by Stephen McFadyen (Toronto), Benjamin Saul Nashman (Toronto), Kyle Clocker (Boston) and Mohammad Reza Fazlali (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system can include: an array of magnets. In variants, the system can function to generate a homogenous magnetic field within a sample (e.g., in the pulp of a finger). In an example, the system can be used for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In a specific example, the system can be used to measure blood a...