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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clemens M Zierhofer, Kundl, AT;
Assignee:
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Gerate Ges.M.B.H., Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 57 ; 607 55 ; 128897 ;
Abstract
A cochlear implant system including primary and secondary coils of wire for transmitting electromagnetic energy between the primary and secondary coils, wherein at least one of the primary and secondary coils are wound with turns of wire that are distributed radially and not concentrated at a single circumference so as to enhance the magnetic coupling coefficient of the primary and secondary coil systems.