SBIR/STTR Research Award
Liquid Helium Bath Free, Conduction Cooled Nb3Sn Superconducting 7 Tesla Plus Mag
Award amount
$150,291Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- Recipient company
- HYPER TECH RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- YPG9JKMCSUA8
- Solicitation number
- PA13-088
- Topic code
- NCI
Research abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For 7 tesla full body MRI bore magnet systems, NbTi superconductor wire has reached its limit at 4 K. Above 7T if NbTi is used it requires super cooling of helium to 1.8-2.4 K to achieve 7-11T bore MRI and NMR systems.All these 7T full body MRI background magnets sold by Siemens, Philips, and GE have been manufactured by Aligent (formerly known at Varian before that Magnex). Aligent recently announced that they will no longer accept orders for these 7T magnets and sitedcosts and availability of helium. Some MRI manufacturers have stopped accepting new order for 7T MRIs because of delivery issues and helium shortages. The medical community would like to see 7T MRI's become a clinical system. Hence, the price needs to come down dramatically and in the long run the only real solution is to have conduction cooled magnets to take the helium shortage issue out of the equation. Nb3Sn superconductor wire is the ideal candidate for these applications due to its higher curren
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Research funding history
102 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2025). Reported award amounts total $40,663,857. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services