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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Deep Shah, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Tony Daniel Cepeda, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Lori Speckman, Ventura, CA (US);
W. Jeff Bertrand, Ventura, CA (US);
Lawrence Hampton, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); F16K 37/0008 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8225 (2015.04);
Abstract
A centering tool and a combined centering-indicator tool for finding the magnetic center and indicating the setting of an implantable adjustable valve. The centering and combined centering-indicator tools include a magnetic capsule movable within a cavity to a target located on the tool when the magnetic capsule is centered over magnet of an adjustable valve.