US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on Oct. 6 for "Magnet removal and replacement apparatus and methods for use with cochlear implants" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,113, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Magnet removal and replacement apparatus and methods for use with cochlear implants" was invented by James George elcoate Smith (Santa Clarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for installing a MR-compatible magnet apparatus into a cochlear implant."

The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2022, under Application No. 17/680,217.

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