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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Daniel Michael Pivonka, Stanford, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, San Leandro, CA (US);
Teresa H. Meng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel Michael Pivonka, Stanford, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, San Leandro, CA (US);
Teresa H. Meng, Saratoga, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
The present inventions provide a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field that includes a capsule body; a wireless power receiver disposed within the capsule body; a plurality of switchable conductors having a predetermined pattern within the capsule body, each of the switchable conductors adapted to pass a current along a forward path to thereby create, in the presence of the predetermined magnetic field, a force and assist in moving the locomotive implant; and a controller adapted to receive directional control signals to control the switchable current wires or conductors. Methods of using the same are described.