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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Peter S Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Claudio I. Zanelli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter S Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Claudio I. Zanelli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Onda Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device incorporating magnetic material is introduced into the body of a patient. A time varying magnetic field is generated externally of the patient's body and which is of sufficient strength to magnetically induce motion in the device, thereby causing the medical device to vibrate within the patient's body. The frequency and the amplitude of the magnetic field oscillations can be continuously varied to control the vibrations induced in the medical device.