Patent ID: 8604790

Claim:
A plug module for a magnetic resonance surface coil comprising: a plug block body comprising contacts configured to releasably mate with and make an electrical connection to connection lines of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus; a first adapter plug configured for reasonable insertion into a second adapter plug of a magnetic resonance surface coil, said first adapter plug being separate from said plug block body and spaced a distance from said plug block body; a surface coil connector device adapted to fix said plug block body to said surface coil; an electrical connection proceeding between said plug block body and said first adapter plug and spanning said distance to non-adjacently mechanically and electrically connect said first adapter plug and said plug body; and said plug block body, said first adapter plug, said surface coil connector device and said electrical connection forming an assembly of which said plug block body is a first free end and said first adapter body is a second free end.