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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
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:
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.