US 11,714,145 B2
Systems and methods for fabricating conformal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) receive coils
Ana Claudia Arias, Lafayette, CA (US); Karthik Gopalan, Berkeley, CA (US); Alla Mykhaylivna Zamarayeva, Berkeley, CA (US); Michael Zhi-Hong Liu, Duluth, GA (US); and Shimon Michael Lustig, Moraga, CA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,863.
Application 17/530,863 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/038077, filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,293, filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075014 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 33/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/34007 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a shape-conforming magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) receive coil device, the method comprising:
a) providing a 3-dimensional (3D) mold structure matching a curvilinear shape of interest; and
b) forming a receive coil pattern on an outer surface of the 3D mold structure, wherein the forming a receive coil pattern includes spraying and/or depositing a conductive material and a dielectric material on at least a portion of the outer surface of the 3D mold structure to form the receive coil pattern.