Advanced Bionics Ag

Nicholas Anthony Wise

Uli Gommel

Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux

James George Elcoate Smith

Jeryle L Walter

Sung Jin Lee

Matthew Vadim Krywcun

Mark B Downing

Martin Sandoval Perez

Enrique Gandaria

Martin Sandoval-Perez

Morgan Gegg

James Smith

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.

Electrode arrays and cochlear implants including the same

A method of forming an electrode array from an electrode array blank that includes a flexible body and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts. The method includes the steps of forming a first window in the flexible body that extends through the exterior of the flexible body to a first one of the electrically conductive contacts, the first window defining a first window perimetric center, and forming a second window in the flexible body that extends through the exterior of the flexible body to a second one of the electrically conductive contacts, the second window defining a second window perimetric center that is perimetrically offset from the first window perimetric center when the flexible body is straight and not twisted around the longitudinal axis of the flexible body.

Apparatus and methods for making cochlear implant electrode arrays

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