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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventors:
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Macquarie University, AU;
Anthony Powell, Macquarie University, AU;
Peter Raymond Sibary, Macquarie University, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); G01R 33/285 (2013.01); G01R 33/288 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, including subjecting a subcutaneous medical device containing a magnet to a magnetic field, thereby imparting a torque onto the magnet, and resisting the imparted torque via an external device that has a skin facing component extending in a direction away from a curvature of the body of the recipient at locations proximate a portion directly contacting skin directly above the implanted magnet.