Patent · US Active

Implanted magnet management in the face of external magnetic fields

US10576276B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Charles Roger Aaron Leigh · Hornsby, AU
Anthony Powell · Chatswood, AU
Peter Raymond Sibary · Luddenham, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/288
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method, including subjecting a subcutaneous medical device containing a magnet to a magnetic field, thereby imparting a torque onto the magnet, and resisting the imparted torque via an external device that has a skin facing component extending in a direction away from a curvature of the body of the recipient at locations proximate a portion directly contacting skin directly above the implanted magnet.

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