Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus
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Application No.: US15703808Application Date: 2017-09-13
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Publication No.: US10646712B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: James George Elcoate Smith , Sung Jin Lee , Charles C. Finley
- 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: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/08 ; A61N1/375 ; H04R25/00

Abstract:
A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, and an implant magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case defining a central axis, a first disk-shaped magnet member, located within the case and rotatable relative to the case about the central axis of the case, including a magnetic north portion (“N-portion”), a magnetic south portion (“S-portion”) and an amagnetic portion (“AM-portion”), and a second disk-shaped magnet member, located within the case and rotatable relative to the case about the central axis of the case, including a N-portion, a S-portion and an AM-portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190076649A1 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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