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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Craig A. Ekvall, East Bethel, MN (US);
Eric Whitbrook, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Craig A. Ekvall, East Bethel, MN (US);
Eric Whitbrook, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Torax Medical, Inc., Shoreview, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for the use of floating magnetic elements in medical implants. The magnetic elements within the medical implant are allowed to rotate freely to align with a strong external magnetic field, such as that of an MRI scanner, and align to attract each other during the normal functioning of the medical implant in the absence of a strong external magnetic field.