US Patent Issued to ZHEJIANG NUROTRON BIOTECHNOLOGY on Sept. 15 for "MRI compatible magnet for cochlear implant" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,357, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZHEJIANG NUROTRON BIOTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"MRI compatible magnet for cochlear implant" was invented by Zhiping Tan (Hangzhou, China), Daomin Zhou (Hangzhou, China), Xiaoan Sun (Hangzhou, China), Shuqi Qi (Hangzhou, China) and Chu Li (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an MRI compatible magnet for a cochlear implant, comprising a base, an upper shell, a bracket, a magnet, needle rollers and a lower shell, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell form a closed space, and the magnet and the bracket are arranged in the closed space;...