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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Gerald W. Mills, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Inventor:
Gerald W. Mills, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 27/30 (2006.01); H01F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microcoil is manufactured by rolling a trace unit in such a way as to form at least one winding. The trace unit is comprised of a conductive trace attached to a flexible insulating film. A preferred embodiment of the microcoil contains both a first winding and a second winding electrically connected and spaced apart by ajoining portion. The microcoil may be used for internal magnetic resonance imaging of patient by attaching the microcoil to a catheter.