Faraday Cage For MR Imaging With Accessory Equipment
First Claim
1. An assembly for housing a patient'"'"'s treatment or monitoring equipment during a patient'"'"'s Magnetic Resonance (MR) exam, comprising:
- a Faraday cage having an interior sized for receiving a patient'"'"'s treatment or monitoring equipment, the Faraday cage having a door-opening into the interior and a door adapted to cover the door-opening.
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Abstract
A Faraday cage assembly for use with a Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging scanner is deployed inside the MR scanner room. The Faraday cage assembly is configured to accept accessory medical equipment which is desired to be attached to the patient during scanning. Accessory medical equipment can include patient monitoring systems, injector pumps, and intravenous (IV) poles with infusion pumps. Once the accessory medical equipment is placed inside the Faraday cage, radiofrequency (RF) interference emitted by the accessory medical equipment is contained within the cage and cannot significantly degrade MR image quality. The cage may permit non-MR compatible accessory equipment such as infusion pumps to be used without modification or reconfiguration during MR scanning.
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1. An assembly for housing a patient'"'"'s treatment or monitoring equipment during a patient'"'"'s Magnetic Resonance (MR) exam, comprising:
a Faraday cage having an interior sized for receiving a patient'"'"'s treatment or monitoring equipment, the Faraday cage having a door-opening into the interior and a door adapted to cover the door-opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for performing a Magnetic Resonance exam on a patient connected by a line to a piece of medical equipment, comprising the steps of:
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providing a Faraday cage assembly including; a Faraday cage having an interior sized for receiving the piece of medical equipment, the Faraday cage having a door-opening into the interior and a door adapted to cover the door-opening; and a slot opening and extending into at least one of (a) an outer side edge of the door and (b) an inner side edge of the door-opening, the slot providing an opening into the Faraday cage interior when the door is closed that is sized to receive the lines extending between the patient and patient'"'"'s piece of medical equipment; placing the piece of medical equipment into the Faraday cage interior, inserting the lines extending between the patient and the piece of medical equipment into the slot; closing the door; and performing the MR exam on the patient while the piece of medical equipment is in the Faraday cage interior with the door closed; wherein the above steps occur without disconnecting the lines from the piece of medical equipment or from the patient.
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37. A Faraday cage system for use with a Magnetic Resonance (MR) scanner comprising:
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a Faraday cage assembly deployed within the screen room of said MR scanner wherein said cage assembly is capable of housing accessory medical equipment; a door attached to the Faraday cage assembly for installing, accessing and removing said accessory medical equipment. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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