Patent ID: 7372275

Claim:
A gradient coil assembly configured for use in an MRI device, comprising: an insulator sheet formed into a tube extending along an axis; a first electrically conductive sheet disposed on a first surface of the insulator sheet including a first plurality of electrically conductive paths, each of the first plurality of electrically conductive paths initiating at a first common region and terminating at a second common region on the first electrically conductive sheet, the second common region being distant from the first common region; and a second electrically conductive sheet disposed on a second surface of the insulator sheet including a second plurality of electrically conductive paths, wherein each of the second plurality of electrically conductive paths is electrically coupled with a corresponding one of the first plurality of electrically conductive paths; wherein the first plurality of electrically conductive paths and the second plurality of electrically conductive paths are defined by first ends and opposite second ends, the first ends of each of the first plurality of electrically conductive paths mating with respective first ends of the second plurality of electrically conductive paths through the insulator sheet, the second ends of each being operably coupled to one of a power source and another gradient coil assembly.