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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
Demetri Psaltis, Préverenges, CH;
Konstantina Stankovic, Boston, MA (US);
Donald Benjaman Conkey, Lonay, CH;
Marilisa Romito, Lausanne, CH;
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for visualizing structures inside a cochlea, comprising the steps of irradiating a cochlear bone with a first laser light to ablate portions of the cochlear bone, to form a thinned area of the cochlear bone, and imaging intracochlear structures by a second light via the thinned area of the cochlear bone to optically scan targeted structures inside the cochlea.