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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
James George Elcoate Smith, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Sung Jin Lee, Valencia, CA (US);
Jeryle L. Walter, Valencia, CA (US);
Uli Gommel, Valencia, CA (US);
Stephanie M. Reed, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
A particle alignment method in accordance with at least one of the present inventions includes the step of positioning a cochlear implant, which is implanted within a patient's head and which includes a magnet apparatus with a central axis and magnetic material particles, at a location outside of the scanning area of an MRI system, adjacent to the MRI system, and within the MRI magnetic field in such a manner that the central axis of the magnet apparatus is at least substantially parallel to the MRI magnetic field.