Patent ID: 11950853
Assignee: MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H  Y | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. A system for generating an electromagnetic field, comprising:
a first jig comprising
a first center member, and
a first plurality of coils separating blocks protruding from the first center member and are separated from each other to provide a first plurality of coil channels;
a first plurality of wires, wherein each of the first plurality of wires is wrapped on the first jig, around the first center member, and in one of the first plurality of coil channels to form one of a first plurality of coils; and
a pair of end plates, wherein the first jig is in direct contact with the pair of end plates and is connected to and between the pair of end plates;
wherein at least one coil channel includes a plurality of dividers to provide a plurality of wire channels in the at least one coil channel:
further comprising at least one crossover section in which at least one wire is switched between two wire channels formed by the dividers;
wherein the crossover section separates each divider, such that each divider is non-contiguous annularly and where the at least one wire crosses itself in the crossover section;
wherein the at least one wire crosses itself a plurality of times in the crossover section.