Electrode insertion tool with additional functionality

US10842531B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

• Richard Bruce Murphy · Chatswood, AU
• Paul Michael Carter · Parramatta, AU
• Nicholas Charles Kendall Pawsey · Chatswood, AU
• John Michael Heasman · Hampton, AU
• Ryan Orin Melman · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36038
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electrode array insertion tool, including an assembly configured to provide direct array insertion functionality and ancillary array insertion functionality to a user thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the tool includes an extra-cochlea bone conduction actuator system, and the ancillary array insertion functionality is output of vibrations directly to the cochlea by the system.