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Steerable stylet

US9211403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Advanced Bionics AG

Inventors

Marco Tortonese · Mountain View, US
Timothy Beerling · San Francisco, US
Matthew I. Haller · Burbank, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2010
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M25/0147
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stylet for inserting an electrode array into a cochlea includes a first sensor insertable within a lumen of the electrode array and sensitive to force applied by a lumen wall to the first sensor and a first actuator adapted to move the electrode array in response to the force sensed by the first sensor.

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