Patent ID: 8106657
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. Apparatus configured for liquid or solid state NMR spectroscopy and/or NMR imaging of at least one sample, comprising: at least one sample container comprising a sampling volume which is designed to be filled by said at least one sample and to be subjected to an electromagnetic radio frequency field, and a static probe comprising an energizing circuit configured for excitation of nuclei of said at least one sample by generating an incident radio frequency field at the Larmor frequency of said nuclei, and said circuit being configured for reception of a return radio frequency field emitted by said at least one sample, said apparatus comprising at least one sensitive coil which is mounted closely around or in contact with said sample container and which is wirelessly coupled to said static probe by an electromagnetic radio frequency field, and in that said sensitive coil defines a sensing volume which is substantially equal to said sampling volume, wherein said sensitive coil is completely embedded inside an inner spinning rotor which is rotatively mounted inside said static probe and which is integral with said sample container, so that both the filling factor and the radio frequency field amplitude received by said sensitive coil are maximized.