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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
James George Elcoate Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sung Jin Lee, Valencia, CA (US);
Charles C. Finley, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, and an implant magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case defining a central axis, a first disk-shaped magnet member, located within the case and rotatable relative to the case about the central axis of the case, including a magnetic north portion ('N-portion'), a magnetic south portion ('S-portion') and an amagnetic portion (“AM-portion”), and a second disk-shaped magnet member, located within the case and rotatable relative to the case about the central axis of the case, including a N-portion, a S-portion and an AM-portion.