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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 01, 2017
Applicants:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Hein, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel J. Foster, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
David R. Wulfman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Bethanie J. H. Stadler, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignees:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); G01R 33/04 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G01R 33/0011 (2013.01); G01R 33/04 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transducer includes a planar coil coupled to a magnetic flux guide. The magnetic flux guide includes an array of nanowires. The transducer could include a plurality of magnetic flux guides and a plurality of planar coils stacked together. The flux guides and planar coils could alternative in the stacked configuration.