US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on Nov. 3 for "Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet assemblies and associated systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,222, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Advanced Bionics LLC (Valencia, Calif.).

"Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet assemblies and associated systems" was invented by Sung Jin Lee (Valencia, Calif.) and James George Elcoate Smith (Santa Clarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnet assembly in accordance with at least one of the present inventions may include a case defining a central axis and including first and second end walls and a side wall, with an inner surface, between the first and second end walls, a frame within the case and rotatable about the central axis of the case, a plurality of diametrically mag...