627 results about "Magnetic source" patented technology

Systems and related methods treat snoring and other sleep related disorders by stabilizing the position of a tongue in an oral cavity. The systems and methods employ an operative element sized and configured to be fitted to less mobile tissue in the oral cavity. The operative element is further constructed and arranged to interact with a tongue in the airway to stabilize a preferred tissue orientation. The operative element can comprise a suction source sized and configured to draw more mobile tongue tissue toward the suction source. The operative element can comprise a magnetic source sized and configured to magnetically attract material fitted to more mobile tongue tissue in the airway.

The instant invention is directed toward a method and an apparatus for mapping the magnetic field strength or flux density of a magnetic source. The invention provides a robotically controlled sensor which is moved in a controlled manner throughout an area of flux density and the variations in the flux density are recorded. The position and recorded magnetic field strength at numerous points throughout the test area are recorded and the data is assembled into a graphical representation the end result of which is a multi-dimensional mapping of the magnetic field strength as a function of distance from the source. The testing method and apparatus provide a convenient methodology for accurately determining dosimetry and tissue penetration of therapeutic magnetic devices.

An apparatus and method for carrying out the affinity separation of a target substance from a liquid test medium by mixing magnetic particles having surface immobilized ligand or receptor within the test medium to promote an affinity binding reaction between the ligand and the target substance. The test medium with the magnetic particles in a suitable container is removably mounted in an apparatus that creates a magnetic field gradient in the test medium. This magnetic gradient is used to induce the magnetic particles to move, thereby effecting mixing. The mixing is achieved either by movement of a magnet relative to a stationary container or movement of the container relative to a stationary magnet. In either case, the magnetic particles experience a continuous angular position change with the magnet. Concurrently with the relative angular movement between the magnet and the magnetic particles, the magnet is also moved along the length of the container causing the magnetic field gradient to sweep the entire length of the container. After the desired time, sufficient for the affinity reaction to occur, movement of the magnetic gradient is ended, whereby the magnetic particles are immobilized on the inside wall of the container nearest to the magnetic source. The remaining test medium is removed while the magnetic particles are retained on the wall of the container. The test medium or the particles may then be subjected to further processing.

An electric, magnetic and optical navigations combined locating system for medical operation features that the magnetic source and marking point are arranged on operation tool, at least three magnetic receivers and a group of two CCD cameras, which are electrically connected to a computer, are respectively fixed to and above the operation table for taking the information about the position of operation tool in optical, magnetic and electric coordinate systems and its posture.

A downhole magnetic ranging tool includes first and second axially spaced magnetic sources deployed in a downhole tool body. The first and second magnetic sources have magnetic moments that axially opposed one another. A magnetic field sensor is deployed axially between the first and second magnetic sources. The tool may be utilized, for example, in subterranean well twinning, well intercept, and well avoidance operations to obtain a separation distance and dip angle between a drilling well and a target well.

A mutually calibrated magnetic imaging array system is described. The system includes a non-target magnetic source rigidly attached to a magnetometer, and an attached control unit to measure and adjust several parameters of a magnetic imaging array. A non-target magnetic field source is used to generate a well-defined and distinguishable spatial magnetic field distribution. The source is rigidly attached directly to a magnetometer, while the relative positions of the magnetometers are unknown. The magnetic imaging array is used to measure the strength of the non-target source magnetic fields and the information is used to calibrate several parameters of the array, such as, but not limited to, effective magnetometer positions and orientations with respect to each other and cross-talk between the magnetometers. The system, and method described herein eliminates the need for a separate calibration phantom.

An underwater carrier geomagnetic anomaly feature points matching navigation method belongs to the technical field of underwater navigation and solves the problem in the prior art that the location of an underwater carrier can not be determined according to geomagnetic field information. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of: acquiring a target magnetic moment vector of present position of the underwater carrier and a relative position vector from the present position of the underwater carrier to a target magnetic source; constructing a map of the underwater target magnetic source; carrying out coordinate transformation based on the absolute position of the underwater carrier so as to obtain geographic coordinates of the map; calculating the position of the underwater carrier in the map at sampling time and the geographic coordinates of the underwater carrier at the sampling time; updating the position of the target magnetic source; updating the map of the underwater target magnetic source; and repeating the above relative processes to complete the matching navigation of the underwater carrier. The invention is suitable for underwater carrier navigation.

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for localizing an in vivo imaging device by means of a single magnetic source coil assembly and a single magnetic detector coil assembly. This invention also relates to methods and apparatus to enable the use of a single magnetic source coil assembly to also transmit and receive information, images, and controls signals, as well as for the coil assembly to be used in DC-DC voltage conversion. A user interface with a display provides the user with the option of viewing selected images captured by the in vivo imaging device.

A method for magnetic ranging includes rotating a downhole tool in a drilling well in sensory range of magnetic flux emanating from a target well having an AC magnetic source deployed therein. The downhole tool includes a magnetic field sensor deployed therein. The magnetic field sensor measures a magnetic field vector while rotating. The measured magnetic field vector is processed to compute at least one of a distance and a direction from a drilling well to a target well.

A mass spectrometer with a magnet structure including a plurality of magnetic flux sources disposed along a common axis. The plurality of magnetic flux sources includes at least one permanent magnet flux source having at least one through-hole body along the common axis. The plurality of magnetic sources generates a resultant magnetic field. A direction of a magnetic field component of the resultant magnetic field along the common axis is at least once reversed along the common axis within the magnet structure.

A sensing mechanism includes a magnetic source, a magnetic flux sensor, a sensor backing on which the magnetic source and flux sensor are mounted, and a ferromagnetic target, where the magnetic source, magnetic flux sensor, and ferromagnetic target are positioned to form a magnetic circuit from the magnetic source to the target, from the target to the sensor, and returning to the magnetic source through the sensor backing.

An improved magnetic torque transducer involves a method and apparatus for compensating effects of uniform and/or non-uniform magnetic sources by placing three sets of magnetic field sensors around a shaft with at least one magnetized zone. The set of primary magnetic field sensor or sensors is placed proximate to the magnetized zone, both the second and third sets of secondary magnetic field sensors being placed by pre-determined distances to the primary set of magnetic field sensor or sensors, so that primary field sensors always in a position with higher magnetic field strength arise from applied torque than that of secondary sensors. And a method is developed to use the second and third signals from secondary sensors to adjust the primary signal to compensating for the effects of the uniform and/or non-uniform ambient magnetic field sources.

The invention provides a method for preparing sludge-based formed magnetic active carbon. The method comprises the steps as follows: sludge is used as a raw material, an activating agent is added for carbonizing and activating the sludge; nano-sized Fe3O4 is used as a magnetic source for magnetizing the sludge active carbon; and sodium carboxymethylcellulose and aluminum salt are composited to an organic-inorganic binding agent, the binding agent and a p-toluenesulfonhydrazide foaming agent are used for uniformly binding powdery magnetic active carbon into a formed magnetic active carbon precursor with abundant pore structures, and finally, the formed magnetic active carbon precursor is heated to obtain the sludge-based formed magnetic active carbon. According to the method, the sludge is used as a main raw material, the resource utilization of the sludge is achieved, the recycling is convenient, and reutilization can be achieved; and further, the sludge-based formed magnetic active carbon has a stable structure and good magnetic stability, and can be widely used in the fields such as sewage treatment, soil pollution treatment and the like.

A generator device for generating electrical energy includes a rotor having an even number of magnetic sources, and a first pair of stators, each having an odd number of coil members, the stators disposed adjacent to opposing side portions of the rotor.

A magnetic separator comprising a separation chamber is provided. The separation chamber comprises a having an inlet and at least one outlet opposite the inlet in a downstream direction, and a magnetic source operatively coupled to the separation chamber. The magnetic source comprises a plurality of magnets that can be selectively turned off and on to create a dynamic magnetic field in the separation chamber.

The location of one or more fiber optic channels (16) along the length of a fiber optic cable (12) is determined by: a) arranging an electrical conductor and a magnetic source at a known location adjacent to at least one of the channels (16); b) transmitting an electrical current through the electrical conductor, thereby deforming the electrical conductor by Lorenz forces in the vicinity of the magnetic source; c) conveying the deformation of the electrical conductor to deform an adjacent channel (16); d) transmitting light pulses through the fiber optic cable (12) and using variations in the light pulses back reflected by the deformed channel (16) and the known location of the magnetic source to determine the location of the deformed channel (16).