Patent ID: 7990148
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A cooled NMR probe head which includes an antenna coil and detects an NMR signal while the antenna coil is cooled, the cooled NMR probe head, comprising: a coil support member which supports the antenna coil; wherein the coil support member is cylindrical, and a cooling member arranged around at least a portion of the coil support member, the cooling member providing a cooling space between the cooling member and the coil support member, the cooling space allowing a refrigerant to circulate therethrough, wherein the cooling member is coupled to the coil support member such that the refrigerant flowing in the cooling space directly contacts an outer peripheral surface of the coil support member, and wherein the cooling member has a shape covering at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the coil support member in an axial direction to extend along the entire periphery from at least the outside in a radial direction.