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US 10,300,275 B2Granted
Magnet installation systems and methods for use with cochlear implants
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorsSteve Hazard, Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux, Charles C. Finley, Lee F. Hartley
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for installing a magnet into a cochlear implant.
Claims16
A method of installing a magnet having a magnet diameter into a cochlear implant, the cochlear implant including a resilient housing, a magnet pocket, a magnet aperture having an aperture diameter that is less than the magnet diameter, the method comprising:
- inserting an installation device, which is carrying the magnet, into the magnet aperture such that a portion of the installation device that is wider than the magnet aperture stretches the magnet aperture;
- and
- moving the magnet off the installation device and into the magnet pocket.
A method, comprising:
- inserting a portion of an installation device through a magnet aperture and into a magnet pocket of a resilient cochlear implant housing while a magnet is secured to the installation device;
- and
- moving the magnet off the installation device and into the magnet pocket by moving at least one of the installation device and a magnet guide longitudinally relative to the other of the installation device and the magnet guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.