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US 2016/0100864 A1Published application
External adjustment device for distraction device
AssigneeEllipse Technologies, Inc.
InventorsScott Pool, Blair Walker, Arvin Chang
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Abstract
A method of positioning an external adjustment device relative to a patient includes placing a magnetic viewing sheet adjacent to a patient and identifying the location of an implanted magnetic assembly using the magnetic viewing sheet by visualizing a magnetic image of the implanted magnetic assembly in the magnetic viewing sheet. The external adjustment device is placed on the patient adjacent to the location where the magnetic image was located.
Claims20
An external adjustment device comprising:
- a support member;
- first and second cylindrical magnets disposed within a cover and mounted on one side of the support member, the first and second cylindrical magnets mounted on respective shafts passing through the support member and terminating at respective first and second gears disposed on an opposing side of the support member;
- a pair of handles secured to the support member;
- a motor mounted to the support member on a side opposite the first and second cylindrical magnets, the motor configured in a geared arrangement with the first and second gears;
- and
- a display configured to visually display information to a user of the external adjustment device.
3 more elements
A system comprising:
- an external adjustment device comprising
- first and, second cylindrical magnets disposed within a cover, the first and second
- cylindrical magnets rotationally mounted on respective shafts;
- a pair of handles;
- a motor configured to rotate the first and second cylindrical magnets;
- a display configured to visually display information to a user of the external adjustment device;
- and
- a storage case.
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A method of positioning an external adjustment device relative to a patient comprising:
- placing a magnetic viewing sheet adjacent to a patient;
- identifying the location of an implanted magnetic assembly using the magnetic viewing sheet by visualizing a magnetic image of the implanted magnetic assembly in the magnetic viewing sheet;
- and
- placing the external adjustment device on the patient adjacent to the location where the magnetic image was located.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.