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Intracavity probe and interface device for MRI imaging and spectroscopy

  • US 5,476,095 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1994
  • Issued: 12/19/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An insertable intracavity probe for use in a magnetic resonance system for obtaining images or spectra of a region of interest within a cavity of a patient, the probe comprising:

  • a flexible support member having a distal tip and a shaft, said tip being substantially more flexible than said shaft;

    an inflatable inner balloon connected to the flexible support member;

    a flexible outer balloon completely enclosing said distal tip of the flexible support member and the inner balloon and for use in positioning the inner balloon within the cavity of the patient; and

    means for receiving RF signals from the region of interest substantially contained between the inner balloon and the outer balloon.

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