Patent ID: 7081753

Claim:
A sample probe configured for magnetic resonance experiments, comprising: (a) a coil simultaneously tunable to at least two different frequencies and comprising a section of the coil having a scroll configuration defined by: two axial ends; at least one planar body of an electrically conductive material wrapped about a central longitudinal axis with one or more turns or wraps, of the electrically conductive material, circumferentially extending about the coil axis and longitudinally extending between the two axial ends; a first conductive lead element adjoined to an innermost turn or wrap of the electrically conductive material; and a second conductive lead element adjoined to an outer turn or wrap of the electrically conductive material; the scroll configuration also defining a core into which a sample can be inserted; and (b) a multi-resonant circuit communicating with the conductive lead elements of the scroll configuration coil, in order to transmit RF energy into the coil at two or more different frequencies in order to excite nuclei of the sample.