Patent ID: 9656058
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A system for insertion of a cochlear implant into a cochlea, the system comprising: a cochlear implant having a magnetic element; a positioner removably attached to a proximal end of the cochlear implant, the positioner being configured to mechanically move the cochlear implant to provide linear positioning of the cochlear implant within the cochlea; a rotatable manipulator magnet configured to provide a rotatable magnetic field, the rotatable manipulator magnet having north and south magnetic poles defining a single magnetic axis, wherein the rotatable manipulator magnet is rotatable about a rotation axis perpendicular to the magnetic axis; and a control subsystem coupled to the positioner and to the rotatable manipulator magnet, the control subsystem being configured to coordinate linear movement of the cochlear implant with rotation of the manipulator magnet to maintain a magnetic axis of the manipulator magnet at a desired angle relative to a magnetic axis of the magnetic element.