Systems for evaluating the urethra and the periurethral tissues
CA 2403822 A1 · Owner: Surgi-Vision, Inc. · Inventors: Quick, Harald Hartmut; Karmarkar, Parag; Atalar, Ergin
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The present invention provides systems for the evaluation of the urethra and periurethral tissues using an MRI coil adapted for insertion into the male female or paediatric urethra. The MRI coil may be in electrical communication with an interface circuit made up of a tuning-matching circuit a decoupling , circuit and a balun circuit. The interface circuit may also be in electrical communication with a MRI machine
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- Filed April 2, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 2, 2021.
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