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Trans middle ear-inner ear fluid flow implementations

US11806492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Kenneth Oplinger · Chatswood, AU
Tommy Bergs · Chatswood, AU
Soren Nilsson · Mölnlycke, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2460/13
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthesis including a device configured to deliver a therapeutic substance from outside a cochlea to inside the cochlea and configured to evoke a mechanically based hearing percept. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is configured to drive fluid into and out of the cochlea, thereby evoking a hearing percept.

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