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Medical implant drug delivery device

US8515560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32References

13Claims

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Kristine Debruyne · Mechelen, BE
Dirk Fiedler · Ismaning, DE
Thomas Kaiser · Marion, US
Ben Kloeck · Mechelen, BE
Dusan Milojevic · Hornsby, AU
John Louis Parker · Chatswood, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2003
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2210/0668
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Devices for the delivery of a bioactive substance to a cochlea and methods of delivery thereof. The devices include means to allow the release of the bioactive substance within a cochlea.

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