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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Daniel Michael Pivonka, Stanford, CA (US);
Anatoly Anatolievich Yakovlev, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Teresa H. Meng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Michael Pivonka, Stanford, CA (US);
Anatoly Anatolievich Yakovlev, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Teresa H. Meng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/082 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0116 (2013.01); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust.