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Cochlear implants

US10391311B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Advanced Bionics AG

Inventors

Thomas Santogrossi · Calabasas, US
Jian Xie · Carmel, US
Lin Li · Morganville, US
Markus Heerlein · Kitzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2015
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3758
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a processor case, and a printed circuit board assembly located within the processor case. The processor case may include a base with a bottom wall and first and second side walls that together define a one-piece, unitary structure, a first end wall, attached to the bottom wall and to the first and second side walls, including a first plurality of feedthrough pins, a second end wall, attached to the bottom wall and to the first and second side walls, including a second plurality of feedthrough pins, and a cover attached to the first and second side walls and to the first and second end walls.

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