Magnetic alignment apparatus for a transcutaneous transfer system
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1. A transcutaneous transfer system comprising:
- an external and an internal coil adapted to be transcutaneously juxtaposed along a coupling axis;
an internal magnet fixed relative to said internal coil;
an external magnet assembly coupled to said external coil; and
a control element, comprising a hand-operated control member, configured to allow, without movement of the external coil, manual adjustment and retention of said external magnet assembly in a desired one of a plurality of positions along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said coupling axis.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a transcutaneous transfer system is disclosed. The system comprises: an inductively-coupled coil system comprising an external and an internal coil adapted to be transcutaneously juxtaposed along a coupling axis; an internal magnet fixed relative to the internal coil; an external magnet assembly coupled to the external coil; and an apparatus to securely retain the magnet assembly in a desired one of a plurality of positions along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the coupling axis in response to tool-less manipulation of the apparatus.
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27 Claims
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1. A transcutaneous transfer system comprising:
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an external and an internal coil adapted to be transcutaneously juxtaposed along a coupling axis; an internal magnet fixed relative to said internal coil; an external magnet assembly coupled to said external coil; and a control element, comprising a hand-operated control member, configured to allow, without movement of the external coil, manual adjustment and retention of said external magnet assembly in a desired one of a plurality of positions along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said coupling axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A magnetic alignment apparatus for use in a transcutaneous transfer system comprising an inductively-coupled coil system comprising an external and an internal coil adapted to be transcutaneously juxtaposed along a coupling axis;
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an internal magnet fixed relative to the internal coil and an external magnet assembly coupled to said external coil, said apparatus comprising; a cylindrical magnet cover configured to at least partially house said external magnet to form a magnet assembly, said cylindrical magnet cover having a differential channel disposed thereon; a differential control member comprising a sleeve adapted to slidingly receive said magnetic assembly, a user control member disposed on at least a portion of an exterior surface of said control member, and a differential arm extending from an interior surface of said sleeve to be disposed in said differential channel; and a housing comprising an interior volume in which at least a portion of said magnet assembly and differential control member are disposed, and a slide aperture through which a hand-operated control member extends, wherein rotation of said hand-operated control member causes an orthogonal displacement of said magnet assembly along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to a coupling axis in response to manipulation of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A transcutaneous transfer system comprising:
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an external and an internal coil adapted to be transcutaneously juxtaposed along a coupling axis; an internal magnet fixed relative to said internal coil; a magnet assembly coupled to said external coil; and a control element, comprising a hand-operated control member, configured to allow manual adjustment and retention of said magnet assembly, without movement of the external coil, in a desired one of a plurality of positions along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said coupling axis. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A transcutaneous transfer system, having an internal coil coupled to an internal magnet and external coil coupled along a coupling axis to an external magnet, the external magnet disposed in a housing, comprising:
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means for receiving a manual adjusting force from an operator; means for translating said external magnet in said housing in a desired one of a plurality of positions along a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said coupling axis in response to said manual adjusting force from the operator; means for transferring said adjusting force to said means for translating; means for guiding the translating of said external magnet along the longitudinal axis; and means for incrementally moving said external magnet within said housing. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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