Electrode arrays and cochlear implants including the same

US11103704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Bionics AG

Inventors

• Jeryle L. Walter · Valencia, US
• James George Elcoate Smith · Santa Clarita, US
• Uli Gommel · Erlangen, DE
• Matthew Vadim Krywcun · Laguna Niguel, US
• Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux · Ventura, US
• Nicholas Wise · Pasadena, US
• Sung-Jin Lee · Seojong-myeon, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: May 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37229
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cochlear including a housing, an antenna, a stimulation processor operably connected to the antenna, and an electrode array, operably connected to the stimulation processor, including a flexible body defining a longitudinal axis, a proximal region and a distal region, a plurality of electrically conductive contacts on the flexible body, and at least one stiffener within the flexible body.