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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2021
Applicants:

Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Macquarie University, AU;

Grahame Michael David Walling, Macquarie University, AU;

Mark Alan Von Huben, Macquarie University, AU;

James Vandyke, Macquarie University, AU;

Nam Long Tuong, Sadleir, AU;

Inventors:

Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Macquarie University, AU;

Grahame Michael David Walling, Macquarie University, AU;

Mark Alan Von Huben, Macquarie University, AU;

James Vandyke, Macquarie University, AU;

Nam Long Tuong, Sadleir, AU;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/3718 (2013.01);
Abstract

An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.


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