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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069679 | Installation for cryogenic cooling for superconductor device The invention concerns an installation for cryogenic cooling comprising: a main reservoir (1) for a two-phase cryogenic fluid wherein is immersed a superconductor device (4) to be cooled; an auxiliary reservoir (9); and a hydrostatic duct betwee... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8037695 | Fault current limiter A fault current limiter comprising: an input node; an output node; a variable impedance element coupled between the input node and the output node; a closed loop cryocooler circuit, comprising a first cryocooler for cooling the variable impedance element and a secon... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033121 | Low eddy current cryogen circuit for superconducting magnets A low eddy current cryogen circuit for superconducting magnets including at least a first cooling coil made of an electrically conducting material and having at least one electrical isolator incorporated in the first cooling coil. The electrical isolator is located ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7832216 | Apparatus for cooling Apparatus for cooling a cooled equipment, comprising: a cryogen vessel (10) housing the cooled equipment; a gaseous cryogen filling the cryogen vessel; a refrigerator (12) having a co... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7665312 | Method of using a system including an assembly exposed to a cryogenic region A method can be used to perform an operation on a system that includes an assembly and a vessel that includes a wall and a thermal shield. The method can include breaking a thermal connection between the assembly and the thermal shield, separating the assembly and a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665313 | Suspension tensioning arrangements A tensioning arrangement for a suspension system comprising an elongate suspension member (2) for attachment to an element to be suspended under tension at a predetermined location relative to a support surface (10); the arrangement comprising a lever ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7631507 | Methods and devices for polarized samples for use in MRI A method and an apparatus for producing hyperpolarized samples for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are provided. The apparatus comprises an ultra-compact cryogen-free cryostat structure for use in polarizing a sample of selected material, wherein the cryosta... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7568353 | Method of storing biological samples A method of storing biological samples in which the biological samples are stored in a stack within a vessel interior of an insulated vessel. A pool of liquid cryogen is maintained within the vessel interior by condensing cryogenic vapor boiled off of the pool of li... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7559205 | Cryogen tank for cooling equipment A cryogen tank in thermal and mechanical attachment with the equipment to be cooled. Direct thermal conduction between the cryogen and the equipment provides the required cooling. The tank is preferably arranged so as to lie within an existing profile of the cooled ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7509815 | Superconducting device having cryosystem and superconducting switch A superconducting device has a cryosystem to whose cryogenic medium a superconducting appliance and a superconducting switching path (which is electrically connected to it and can be activated thermally by means of a heater) of a superconducting switch are thermally... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503181 | Quench seal A cryostat configuration comprising an outer shell and a cryocontainer (2) for cryogenic fluid installed therein, wherein the cryocontainer (2) is connected to the outer shell via at least two suspension tubes (16), and with a neck tube (1 | 03/17/2009 |
| 7500367 | Cooled cryostat device A cooled cryostat device comprising: a cold finger having infrared detector means secured to the end thereof; an outer casing surrounding the cold finger; and stiffener means for stiffening the cold finger and interposed between the outer casing and the cold finger ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484372 | Multi-bath apparatus and method for cooling superconductors A multi-bath apparatus and method for cooling a superconductor includes both a cooling bath comprising a first cryogen and a shield bath comprising a second cryogen. The cooling bath surrounds the superconductor, and the shield bath surrounds the cooling bath. The c... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7464558 | Low eddy current cryogen circuit for superconducting magnets A low eddy current cryogen circuit for superconducting magnets including at least a first cooling coil made of an electrically conducting material and having at least one electrical isolator incorporated in the first cooling coil. The electrical isolator is located ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7430871 | NMR spectrometer with a common refrigerator for cooling an NMR probe head and cryostat An NMR spectrometer comprising a magnet coil system disposed in the helium tank (8) of a cryostat and an NMR probe head (4) which is disposed in a room temperature bore of the cryostat and contains a cooled RF resonator (13) for receiving NMR si... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430872 | NMR spectrometer with common refrigerator for cooling an NMR probe head and cryostat An NMR apparatus comprising a superconducting magnet coil system, in particular, an NMR spectrometer, with a cryostat which comprises an outer shell and a helium tank which contains the magnet coil system, and with an NMR probe head which is disposed in a room tempe... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415830 | Method and system for cryogenic cooling According to one embodiment, a method for improving heat transfer between a cold finger of a cryogenic cooler and a Dewar includes forming an annulus between the cold finger of the cryogenic cooler and the Dewar by inserting the cold finger into the Dewar. The cold ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395671 | Cryogenic system A cryogenic system includes a containment vessel in which a body to be cooled is housed in such a manner that the body is immersed in a liquid coolant; a tubular refrigerator sleeve; and a refrigerator, inserted in the opening section of the refrigerator sleeve, for... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383688 | Superconducting device having a cryogenic system and a superconducting switch The superconducting device has a cryogenic system to whose first refrigerant there is thermally coupled a superconducting unit and a superconducting switching path, which is electrically connected to said unit and is to be activated thermally by a heater, of a super... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372273 | High temperature superconducting current leads for superconducting magnets An electrical current lead assembly for ramping a superconducting magnet includes a vacuum vessel wall that has a first side exposed to an atmospheric pressure and a second side exposed to a vacuum pressure. A pool wall extends from the first side of the vacuum vess... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370481 | Apparatus and method for cooling super conductive body Liquid nitrogen is filled in a low temperature vessel; an ejector that sucks liquid nitrogen by blowing a cooling agent (liquid or gas) such as low temperature helium gas or liquid helium of pressure higher than in the space within the vessel is disposed in the vess... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371254 | Medical procedure The use of an intravascular cooling element to induce hypothermia in connection with a medical procedure. According to a first aspect of the present, invention, a coronary bypass procedure is conducted in which a patient's blood is oxygenated with the patient's lung... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353658 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biopharmacuetical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350363 | Pulse tube refrigerator sleeve The present invention relates to pulse tube refrigerators for recondensing cryogenic liquids. In particular, the present invention relates to the same for magnetic resonance imaging systems. In many cryogenic applications components, e.g. superconducting coils for m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348562 | Method for adapting an existing thermal imaging device A method for adapting existing thermal imaging devices employing uncooled focal plane arrays (UFPA) for thermal imaging of target surfaces, the device including a housing (12) with an opening (14) for directing incident infrared rays along an optical p... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350108 | Test system for integrated circuits A test board includes a plurality of sockets for connection to a plurality of integrated circuit chips to be tested. A test control device on the board turns on at least one test engine for testing the plurality of chips simultaneously. A checking circuit verifies t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348777 | Thermal shield to coldhead sleeve thermal contact A magnetic resonance imaging magnet assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a outer thermal shield having an operational temperature. The assembly further includes a cold sleeve assembly comprising a plurality of braid elements mounted to a cooler block and a h... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331931 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generato... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332720 | Cold shield for cryogenic camera A cold shield of a cryogenic camera. The cold shield reflects external thermal radiation away from the cryogenic camera, so as to shield the cryogenic camera in a cryogenic temperature such that no internal thermal radiation will be generated. The cryogenic camera h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330029 | Cryostat configuration with thermally compensated centering A cryostat configuration has at least three centering elements (4) which are distributed about the periphery of a cryocontainer (1). Each end (6) of the centering elements (4) facing away from an outer jacket (3) of the cryostat co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323963 | MRI superconductive magnet An object of the present invention is to provide a MRI superconductive magnet enables sharp images representing patients' health states to be produced. [Means for Achieving the Object] A MRI superconductive magnet having a superconductive coil, a liqui... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318318 | Superconducting magnet system with refrigerator A cryostat (1) with a first helium tank (4) which contains helium at an operating temperature T1 | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319227 | Cryogenic detector device A cryogenic detector device includes a sensor based on a low-temperature effect and measures the temperature increase produced by the introduction of energy, such as an X-ray quantum. The smaller the thermal capacity of the sensor, the greater the temperature increa... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319590 | Conductive heat transfer system and method for integrated circuits According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system includes an integrated circuit coupled to a circuit board and a heat conducting element having a thermal conductivity of at least 391 W/m*K. The heat conducting element includes a flexible portion dispose... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312544 | Fluid transfer device and method for conveying fluid to a rotating member A fluid transfer device and a method for conveying a fluid from a fluid transfer device to a rotating member are provided. The fluid transfer device includes a housing disposed around a first rotating member extending along an axis. The housing has a first plurality... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310954 | Cryogenic system A cryogenic system includes a space formed between a cooling stage of a cryocooler unit and an element to be cooled, and a thermal joint placed in the space, wherein the thermal joint is composed of a substance that has a melting point higher than the cooling temper... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305836 | Cryogenic container and superconductivity magnetic energy storage (SMES) system A cryogenic container includes an inner vessel for containing a cryogenic fluid, and an outer vessel for insulating the cryogenic fluid from the environment. The inner vessel includes a superconductive layer formed of a material having superconducting properties at ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305845 | System and method for de-icing recondensor for liquid cooled zero-boil-off MR magnet A system and method for de-icing a recondensor includes at least one heating element configured to melt iced particles from a recondensing system. A power delivery circuit is included configured to deliver power to the at least one resistive heating element such tha... | 12/11/2007 |
