External adjustment device for distraction device
US8382756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00411
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of positioning an external adjustment device relative to a patient includes placing a magnetic viewing sheet adjacent to a patient and identifying the location of an implanted magnetic assembly using the magnetic viewing sheet by visualizing a magnetic image of the implanted magnetic assembly in the magnetic viewing sheet. The external adjustment device is placed on the patient adjacent to the location where the magnetic image was located.
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