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US 10,207,123 B2Granted
Skull implanted magnet assembly for brain stimulation
AssigneesNational Guard Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
InventorImran Khurshid Alam
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Abstract
A skull-implantable magnet assembly for delivering a static magnetic field to a patient's brain, comprising a rod-shaped magnet housed within a skull screw, removably attached to a casing housing at least one flat magnet, is described. Details of the exterior construction are discussed, as well as magnet arrangements and methods of treating a brain tumor or neurological ailment of a patient.
Claims15
An implantable magnet assembly, comprising:
- a rod-shaped magnet housed within a skull screw, wherein the skull screw has a head end and a point end and is configured to traverse a patient's skull with the point end located at an interior surface of the skull and the head end located at an exterior surface of the skull;
- a casing removably attached to the head end of the skill screw, and
- at least two flat magnets housed in the casing, with edges of the magnets arranged side-by-side;
- wherein the rod-shaped magnet and the at least two flat magnets are arranged substantially perpendicularly.
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An implantable magnet assembly, comprising:
- a rod-shaped magnet housed within a skull screw, wherein the skull screw has a head end and a point end and is configured to traverse a patient's skull with the point end located at an interior surface of the skull and the head end located at an exterior surface of the skull;
- a casing removably attached to the head end of the skull screw;
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- at least one flat magnet housed in the casing:
- wherein the rod-shaped magnet and the at least one flat magnet are arranged substantially perpendicularly, and
- wherein the casing is removably attached to the head end of the skull screw by a fastening mechanism selected from the group consisting of a bayonet mount, a threaded connector, a clutch, a latch, a key and keyhole, a tongue and groove joint, a snap fastener, an R-clip, and a clamp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.