Lane 02 | MRI and Medical Thermal Governance
Cold Authority
12% helium remaining. 1,500 liters lost daily. Risk of system shutdown.
Every MRI system on earth operates on a finite supply of liquid helium. Every day, that supply boils off, vents to atmosphere, and is gone. There is no governance layer. There is no recovery. There is only the log book and the countdown.
Industry data: helium consumption figures representative of operational MRI cryogenic systems. Sources available upon request.
Every superconducting MRI magnet requires liquid helium to maintain the 4 Kelvin operating state. No helium. No superconductivity. No imaging.
Boil-off is constant. Helium vapor vents through ceiling pipes. The loss is visible, audible, and unrecoverable in conventional systems.
A single supply disruption in March 2026 removed approximately one third of global helium supply from the market. The medical cryogenic lane is an active emergency.
"The machines are running. The helium is leaving. The log book tracks the countdown. Cold Authority arrives with closed-loop recovery and the governance architecture that ends the countdown."
The cold head is where the helium is lost. CryoFlux governs it. The CB-1 retrofit captures boil-off vapor at the point of generation, conditions it through closed-loop recirculation, and returns it to the cryostat. The countdown stops.
CB-1 is not a replacement system. It is a governance retrofit applied to existing MRI infrastructure. Every MRI system already installed in every hospital worldwide is a CB-1 candidate. GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthineers, and Philips all manufacture cold-head-equipped MRI systems. The CB-1 retrofit governs the cold head they already have. The installed base is the market.
Helium vapor captured at the cold head before venting. Reconditioned and returned to the cryostat. The boil-off cycle ends at the governance boundary.
CB-1 governance applied to existing MRI infrastructure without replacement. Every installed system is a retrofit candidate. The installed base is the market.
Real-time telemetry replaces the paper log book. Helium level, boil-off rate, recovery efficiency, and service alerts delivered to facility management continuously.
Closed-loop recovery significantly extends the service interval between helium deliveries. Supply disruptions become manageable events rather than operational emergencies.
CB-1 is a governance retrofit for existing cold-head-equipped MRI systems from all major manufacturers. No system replacement required. Every installed system is a candidate.
GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers license the CB-1 retrofit architecture. Every governed MRI system pays an annual governance royalty to Cold Authority.
40,000+ MRI systems. All of them already installed. All of them losing helium every day. None of them governed. That is the addressable base for the CB-1 retrofit license.
GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers license the CB-1 retrofit architecture to deploy across their installed base. CryoFlux governs the cold head. They service the machine.
Every MRI system operating under CB-1 governance pays an annual royalty. The royalty is a fraction of what the facility saves in helium procurement and emergency delivery costs.
Live helium monitoring, boil-off analytics, service scheduling, and supply chain integration. The paper log book is retired. Cold Authority governs the record.
If your organization manufactures, deploys, or operates MRI systems and you recognize what helium governance means for your installed base, the conversation begins here.
CryoFlux Technologies, Inc. | Cold Authority | Governing the Thermal Frontier