Patents by Inventor Andreas Hofner

Andreas Hofner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MRI-safe and force-optimized implantable ring magnet system with an enhanced inductive link
    Patent number: 11660447
    Abstract: A magnetic system for a medical implant system is described. A planar implant receiver coil is configured to lie underneath and parallel to overlying skin of an implanted patient for transcutaneous communication of an implant communications signal. A planar ring-shaped attachment magnet also is configured to lie underneath and parallel to the overlying skin and radially surrounds the receiver coil. The attachment magnet is characterized by a magnetic field configured to avoid creating torque on the attachment magnet in the presence of an external magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wilhelm Eigentler, Andreas Hofner, Ingeborg Hochmair
  • MRI-Safe and Force-Optimized Implantable Ring Magnet System with an Enhanced Inductive Link
    Publication number: 20220176111
    Abstract: A magnetic system for a medical implant system is described. A planar implant receiver coil is configured to lie underneath and parallel to overlying skin of an implanted patient for transcutaneous communication of an implant communications signal. A planar ring-shaped attachment magnet also is configured to lie underneath and parallel to the overlying skin and radially surrounds the receiver coil. The attachment magnet is characterized by a magnetic field configured to avoid creating torque on the attachment magnet in the presence of an external magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Wilhelm Eigentler, Andreas Hofner, Ingeborg Hochmair
  • MRI-Safe and Force-Optimized Implantable Ring Magnet System with an Enhanced Inductive Link
    Publication number: 20200346006
    Abstract: A magnetic system for a medical implant system is described. A planar implant receiver coil is configured to lie underneath and parallel to overlying skin of an implanted patient for transcutaneous communication of an implant communications signal. A planar ring-shaped attachment magnet also is configured to lie underneath and parallel to the overlying skin and radially surrounds the receiver coil. The attachment magnet is characterized by a magnetic field configured to avoid creating torque on the attachment magnet in the presence of an external magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Wilhelm Eigentler, Andreas Hofner, Ingeborg Hochmair