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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Ellipse Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Pool, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Blair Walker, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Arvin Chang, West Covina, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ellipse Technologies, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/60 (2013.01); A61B 17/7004 (2013.01); A61B 17/7016 (2013.01); A61B 17/7011 (2013.01); A61B 17/7216 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00411 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of positioning an external adjustment device relative to a patient includes placing a magnetic viewing sheet adjacent to a patient and identifying the location of an implanted magnetic assembly using the magnetic viewing sheet by visualizing a magnetic image of the implanted magnetic assembly in the magnetic viewing sheet. The external adjustment device is placed on the patient adjacent to the location where the magnetic image was located.