Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnet array
- Patent Title (中): 磁铁阵列
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Application No.: US12516321Application Date: 2007-11-23
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Publication No.: US08593144B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Andrew E. Marble , Bruce J Balcom , Bruce Colpitts , Igor V Mastikhin
- Applicant: Andrew E. Marble , Bruce J Balcom , Bruce Colpitts , Igor V Mastikhin
- Applicant Address: CA Fredericton, NB
- Assignee: University of New Brunswick
- Current Assignee: University of New Brunswick
- Current Assignee Address: CA Fredericton, NB
- Agency: Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
- Agent Eugene F. Derényi
- International Application: PCT/CA2007/002115 WO 20071123
- International Announcement: WO2008/061371 WO 20080529
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00

Abstract:
A magnet array is disclosed which is suitable for inter alia producing a remote field for use in unilateral magnetic resonance. In the “Magnet Array”, two separated magnets, which are magnetized along a substantially same collinear magnetization direction, produce a field with a local maximum centered above and between them. The field produced by the two separated magnets is substantially parallel to the collinear magnetization direction of the two separated magnets. A third magnet is centered between the two separated magnets. The third magnet has a magnetization direction which is substantially parallel to the collinear magnetization direction of the two separated magnets. The third magnet produces a field which is substantially parallel to the collinear magnetization direction of the two separated magnets, and adds to the increasing field below the local maximum point produced by the two separated magnets. The field of the third magnet, which decays with distance, adds to the increasing field below the local maximum point. The position of the third magnet is selected in order to generate a total field which has at least one of its first and second spatial derivatives with respect to the distance above the magnet array substantially equal to zero.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100148777A1 MAGNET ARRAY Public/Granted day:2010-06-17
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