US 12,350,510 B2
Magnetic microwires for energy-transporting biomedical applications
Laura Lewis, Boston, MA (US); Rafael Pèrez Del Real, Madrid (ES); Manuel Vázquez Villalabeitia, Madrid (ES); and Abigail N. Koppes, Charlestown, MA (US)
Assigned to Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/066,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,278, filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0101016 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 2/006 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61N 2/002 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A system for nerve growth stimulation, the system comprising: (i) an implantable medical device comprising one or more magnetic microwires, and (ii) a device for producing an electric current, from outside a body of a subject, in the magnetic microwires of the implantable medical device when implanted in the body of the subject, wherein the microwires comprise a magnetic material comprising an amorphous phase of a metal, metal alloy, or a combination thereof, and wherein the magnetic material has a coercivity in the range from about 0.6 to about 2.5 Oe.