Electrode assembly for cochlear implant
US4809712A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/0541
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cochlear implant electrode assembly and a method for affixing it to a bone in the ear. An electrode ball of unfixed turns is made from one end of each wire leading to the electronics part of the implant, a corresponding attachment hole is drilled in the bone, and the ball is affixed to the hole without the use of fixation devices by tapping the turns into the hole.
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