	US 12,235,337 B2
	MRI systems and receive coil arrangements
Dennis Wilhelmus Johannes Klomp, Heerhugowaard (NL); Catalina Sofia Arteaga de Castro, Zaltbommel (NL); Martino Borgo, Heerhugowaard (NL); Thijs van Hooren, Zaltbommel (NL); and Wout Schuth, Heerhugowaard (NL)
Assigned to TESLA DYNAMIC COILS BV, Zaltbommel (NL); and FUTURA COMPOSITES B.V., Heerhugowaard (NL)
Filed by Tesla Dynamic Coils BV, Zaltbommel (NL); and Futura Composites B.V., Heerhugowaard (NL)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,779.
Claims priority of application No. 2208591 (GB), filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400541 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01)

CPC G01R 33/3415 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/34007 (2013.01); G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3858 (2013.01); A61B 5/4064 (2013.01)]

27 Claims

1. An MRI system receive coil arrangement for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement, the receive coil arrangement comprising support structure and at least one receive coil carried on the support structure, wherein the support structure comprises:

a receive coil housing portion which defines a channel portion which houses at least a portion of the at least one receive coil, said channel having a mouth for allowing the introduction of said at least a portion of the at least one receive coil through the mouth and into the channel; and

a closing portion moveable between a first position in which the mouth of the channel portion is open for allowing introduction of said at least a portion of the at least one receive coil into the channel portion and a second, closing, position in which the mouth of the channel is blocked by the closing portion, wherein the housing portion defines a plurality of a channel portions, each of which channel portions houses at least a portion of a respective receive coil from the at least one receive coil, and the housing portion comprises a web of channel defining portions.