US 12,224,501 B2
Method and apparatus to mount a medical imaging antenna to a flexible substrate
Kyle Johnson, Waukesha, WI (US); and Michael Haase, New Berlin, WI (US)
Assigned to Neocoil, LLC, Pewaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Neocoil, Inc., Pewaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,241.
Application 17/715,241 is a division of application No. 16/247,971, filed on Jan. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,303,027.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,923, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231419 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 7/00 (2013.01) [G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0087 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible coil for medical imaging, the flexible coil comprising:
a flexible substrate including a plurality of holes extending therethrough;
at least one antenna operative to receive a signal corresponding to an anatomical region of a patient during medical imaging; and
a plurality of fasteners, wherein each fastener is removably mounted to the flexible substrate, each fastener extends through at least one of the plurality of holes in the flexible substrate, and each fastener is operative to secure one of the at least one antennas to the flexible substrate.