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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7242981 | System and method for controlling an implantable medical device subject to magnetic field or radio frequency exposure A system for controlling an implantable medical device (e.g., a drug delivery device) susceptible to malfunctioning during exposure to a magnetic field and/or Radio Frequency field (e.g., during a magnetic resonance imaging procedure) and a method for operating the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7055392 | Micromechanical pressure sensor A micromechanical pressure sensor which is made up of at least one first component element and a second component element bordering on the first component element. In this context, the first component element includes at least one diaphragm and one cavity. The cavit... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042213 | Magnetometer having an electromechanical resonator In one embodiment, a magnetometer includes an electromechanical resonator coupled to a drive-and-detect (DD) circuit. The resonator has a deformable beam that is a part of a closed current path. By applying a periodic drive signal to a drive electrode located in pro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6836121 | Apparatus for controlling a magnetically actuated power switching device and method of controlling the same A power switching control device and methods for using the same to control a magnetic actuator within a power switching device are disclosed. The power switching control device uses a series of modulated current pulses to control a magnetic actuator within a power s... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6788053 | Magnetic flux measuring device A sensor coil is provided on a core which forms a magnetic circuit for driving a linear motor, and the core is excited by electrifying the sensor coil at a high frequency. The high-frequency excitation is carried out in such a manner that the sensor coil is not magn... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6549800 | Methods for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging The systems and methods of the present invention provide for MRI probes adapted for insertion into a plurality of body orifices, in order to evaluate the anatomy of proximate anatomic structures, to diagnose abnormalities thereof and to treat the diagnose... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6123902 | Device for highly sensitive magnetic detection of analytes An apparatus for the qualitative and/or quantitative measurement of analytes, in particular in biological samples by means of receptor ligand binding and having a magnetizing device for the production of a magnetic field at the location of the sample and ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6064201 | Method and apparatus to image metallic patches embedded in a non-metal surface Small metallic patches embedded in a mainly non-metallic surface may be detected and mapped by placing a wire coil at the free end of a cantilever, with a fine tip made of a ferro-magnetic material located at its center. An alternating current is passed t... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5731703 | Micromechanical d'arsonval magnetometer A micromechanical D'Arsonval magnetometer for sensing magnetic fields at low frequency with high sensitivity for operation near the resonant frequency of a micromechanical structure comprising a movable proof mass supported by torsion flexures, a conducti... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5548279 | Method and apparatus for detecting a power line A method and apparatus for detecting power lines including a pickup coil for detecting the magnetic field generated by the current conducted by a power line and for producing a sense current in response to the detected magnetic field, a gyrator circuit fo... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5541507 | Device for detecting the position of a magnet by analyzing movement of a current-fed coil disposed in the magnetic field of the magnet A magnet position detector, particularly for implantable medical devices, has a resiliently supported coil, a current source delivering a current to the coil and a detecting device for detecting the movement of the coil in a magnetic field when fed with a... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5424642 | Magnetic field detector with a resiliently mounted electrical coil A magnetic field detector, particularly for implantable medical apparatuses, has a coil mounted at the free end of a resilient member fixed at its opposite end portion, and a detecting device for detecting, as a measure of a magnetic field, the movement o... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5387863 | Synthetic aperture array dipole moment detector and localizer A synthetic array comprising a moving magnetic sensor that provides a signal representative of an array of magnetic sensors is coupled to a digital signal processor is used to break a magnetic dipole field into its components, and a magnetic signature of ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5309096 | Magnetic field detector for a medical device implantable in the body of a patient In a known magnetic field detector, an electrical coil (8) is secured to a motion-sensitive, for example piezoelectric sensor (3); this electrical coil is charged with an electrical current for detecting the magnetic field with the sensor (3) and an evalu... | 05/03/1994 |
| 4887032 | Resonant vibrating structure with electrically driven wire coil and vibration sensor A vibration type sensor can make a noncontacting measurement of position or sense the passage of an object past a point. The sensor has a coil of wire placed on a vibrating structure. A power supply causes current to be passed through the coil at the reso... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4730263 | Method and device for measuring gamma radiation A method and device for measuring peak gamma radiation is provided wherein the method includes the steps of determining a minimum and maximum number of counts within a preselected multiple channel energy spectrum measurement range, determining a channel h... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4523147 | Fine balancing second derivative gradiometer A fine balancing three-coil type gradiometer, comprising a support member for the coils which consists of two elements, the first of which bears the central coil and one of the end coils, while the second supports the other coil and is arranged to control... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4506221 | Magnetic heading transducer having dual-axis magnetometer with electromagnet mounted to permit pivotal vibration thereof A dual-axis magnetometer employs an electromagnet mounted by bender arms within a housing to permit pivotal vibration of the electromagnet with respect to the housing. The electromagnet is driven by an alternating current that causes it to vibrate in the ... | 03/19/1985 |
