Med-El Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh

Bernhard Jamnig

Martin Zimmerling

Geoffrey R Ball

Wolfgang Amrhein

Markus Nagl

Peter Lampacher

Gunther Weidenholzer

Franz Berger

Edith Sebesta

A surgical tool lifts an overlying layer of skin away from underlying bone to prepare the bone to accommodate a convex element of an implantable device. The tool includes a lifting shell for insertion between the skin and the bone so as to lift the skin away from bone. A tool base supports the lifting shell and is supported by the bone. A drill template opening in the tool base provides access for preparing the bone to accommodate the convex element.

Surgical tool for implantation of a device with a convex element

A magnet positioning tool is described for use with an implantable device. The device has a pair of opposing positioning surfaces, at least one of which has a magnet cradle for mechanically engaging an implant magnet associated with a magnet position in the implantable device. The tool also includes a position engagement surface for engaging the implantable device when the magnet cradle is adjacent to the magnet position.

Implant magnet insertion and removal tools

A magnetic arrangement is described for an implantable system for a recipient patient. A planar coil housing contains a signal coil for transcutaneous communication of an implant communication signal. A first attachment magnet is located within the plane of the coil housing and rotatable therein, and has a magnetic dipole parallel to the plane of the coil housing for transcutaneous magnetic interaction with a corresponding second attachment magnet.

MRI-safe disc magnet for implants

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Innsbruck, Austria

Bernhard Jamnig