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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Oticon Medical A/s, Smørum, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OTICON MEDICAL A/S, Smørum, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an electrode array for a transmodiolar implant is disclosed. The implant includes a substrate, a conductive metal located at a plurality of discrete portions on the substrate; and a single layer of insulation material over the conductive metal and the substrate. The single layer of insulation material includes a plurality of apertures that expose the conductive metal, the exposed conductive metal forming a plurality of electrodes, wherein stiffness of the electrode array is adapted to allow insertion of the electrode array into a modiolus of a subject.