The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Rongqing Dai, Valencia, CA (US);
Dao Min Zhou, Saugus, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Gord, Venice, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rongqing Dai, Valencia, CA (US);
Dao Min Zhou, Saugus, CA (US);
Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Gord, Venice, CA (US);
Assignee:
Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices for inductively coupled implants on the human or animal body are disclosed. An external coil assembly to be used with the implant has a transmitting coil and one or more receiving coils. The number of the receiving coils, their distance from the transmitting coil and their shape is chosen to reduce the influence of a noise signal received by the external coil assembly.