US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on Oct. 6 for "Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,114, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnet apparatus including a case defining a central axis, a frame, defining a receptacle, within the case and rotatable about the central axis of the case, a magnet holder within the receptacle and including a plurality of tubes that together define an integral structure, and a plurality of elongate diametrically magnetized magnets that are respectively located i...