Opinion ID: 4537742
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Heading: Loeb

Text: Loeb is a U.S. patent entitled, “Implantable Multichannel Stimulator.” Loeb discloses an implantable multichannel stimulator that includes a microstimulator array and an electrode array “sealed or molded in a body compatible material” to form an “integral implantable multichannel stimulator unit.” J.A. 2621; J.A. 2636–37, col. 8 l. 66–col. 9 l. 3. The microstimulator array 45 is powered through inductive coupling with an external power source. J.A. 2637, col. 9 ll. 33–58. Loeb discloses that the stimulator 50 includes “alignment means, such as a magnet or marker 48, that helps align the implanted microstimulator array 45, and more particularly the coils 30 . . . of the implanted microstimulator arrays, with an external coil . . . connected Case: 19-1582 Document: 91 Page: 8 Filed: 05/29/2020 8 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC v. NEVRO CORP. to an external source that generates the modulated power signal.” Id., col. 9 ll. 20–27.