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MRI-compatible magnet apparatus

US11476025B2 · kind B2 · utility

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73References

23Claims

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Assignee

Advanced Bionics AG

Inventors

Sung-Jin Lee · Seojong-myeon, KR
Jeryle L. Walter · Valencia, US
James George Elcoate Smith · Santa Clarita, US
Uli Gommel · Erlangen, DE
Stephanie M. Reed · Conshohocken, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2020
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/37229
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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