Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus and associated methods
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Application No.: US16009600Application Date: 2018-06-15
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Publication No.: US10821279B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Sung Jin Lee , Jeryle L. Walter , James George Elcoate Smith , Uli Gommel , Stephanie M. Reed
- Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
- Applicant Address: CH Staefa
- Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Staefa
- Agency: Henricks Slavin LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/375 ; A61N1/36 ; H01F7/02 ; A61N1/372

Abstract:
A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, and a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case defining a central axis, a magnet frame within the case and rotatable about the central axis of the case, and a plurality of elongate diametrically magnetized magnets that are located in the magnet frame, the magnets defining a longitudinal axis and a N-S direction and being freely rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the magnet frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180296826A1 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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