ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,101, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).
"Multipole magnet for medical implant system" was invented by Nathan Isaacson (Macquarie University, Australia) and Anthony Powell (Macquarie University, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a housing configured to be placed over a portion of skin of a recipient, the portion of skin overlaying an implanted device. The apparatus further includes circuitry within the housing. The circuitry is configured to wirelessly communicate with the implanted device. The apparatus further includes a unitary magnet in mechanical comm...