Patent ID: 9700232
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61J,A61M,G01R,G16H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for imaging a patient in a magnetic-resonance imager (MRI) system, the apparatus comprising: a first MRI-compatible earpiece assembly, the first earpiece assembly including a rod configured to be connected to a frame by a first lockable ball joint assembly and an earpiece connected to a proximal end of the rod by a second joint, wherein the first lockable ball joint assembly is configured to be loosened and tightened, wherein the rod is moveably positioned to a selected one of a plurality of possible pitch-and-yaw-angle combinations of the rod relative to the frame and to a selected one of a plurality of insertion depths relative to the frame, and wherein the first ball joint assembly is configured to be tightened to yieldably hold the rod at the selected pitch angle, yaw angle and insertion depth.