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US 2013/0158659 A1Published application
Medical Devices, Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods With Configurations for Shaping Magnetic-Fields and Interactions
OwnerRichard A. Bergs, Heather E. Beardsley +3inventors
InventorsRichard A. Bergs, Heather E. Beardsley, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu, Raul Fernandez, Daniel J. Scott
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Abstract
Embodiments of apparatuses and/or medical devices, and systems and methods including apparatuses and/or medical devices, comprising one or more elements configured to define a U-shaped magnetic flux path and/or magnetic field.
Claims27
A medical device comprising:
- a platform configured to be inserted within a body cavity of a patient, the platform comprising:
- three or more elements each comprising at least one of a magnetically attractive and magnetically-chargeable material, the three elements at least partially defining a U-shaped magnetic flux path.
-9. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising:
- a platform configured to be magnetically coupled to a medical device disposed within a body cavity of a patient through a tissue, the platform comprising:
- a body;
- and
- three elements each comprising at least one of a magnetically attractive and magnetically-chargeable material, the three elements at least partially defining a U-shaped magnetic flux path.
1 more element
The apparatus of claim 13, where the one or more elements comprise:
- a first element comprising at least one of a magnetically-attractive material and magnetically-chargeable material, the first element having a first magnetic orientation;
- a second element comprising at least one of a magnetically-attractive material and magnetically-chargeable material, the second element having a second magnetic orientation;
- and
- a third element comprising at least one of a magnetically-attractive material and magnetically-chargeable material;
- where the second element is spaced apart from the first element, the second magnetic orientation is opposite the first magnetic orientation, and the third element extends between the first element and the second element.
2 more elements
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.