Nobel laureate Peter Mansfield remembered

摘要

Nobel laureate Sir Peter Mansfield,who sadly died in February,was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in medical science.He was a true pioneer who continued to push boundaries throughout his career.As a firm,we were immensely privileged to work with Sir Peter Mansfield in a small way on his vast body of work,advising on his patent portfolio from the mid 1980s.By this time his original patents relating to MRI had been granted,but Sir Peter was constantly looking for ways to drive the technology forward- underlined by the fact that,as a firm,we worked with him on more than 100 patent matters around the world over the following 20 years.For Sir Peter,the job was never complete and he maintained his interest in improving the technology with numerous innovations,even including those making the patient experience more pleasant such as noise suppression.