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US 10,300,276 B2Granted
Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus and associated methods
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorsSung Jin Lee, James George Elcoate Smith
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Abstract
A cochlear implant is disclosed including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case, a divider, and a plurality of magnetic material particles that are movable relative to one another within sub-volumes defined by the divider.
Claims15
A cochlear implant, comprising:
- a cochlear lead including a plurality of electrodes;
- an antenna;
- a stimulation processor operably connected to the antenna and to the cochlear lead;
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- a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case with an internal volume, a divider that separates the internal volume into a plurality of sub-volumes, and respective pluralities of magnetic material particles packed within the sub-volumes in such a manner that adjacent magnetic material particles are in contact with one another and are also movable relative to one another.
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