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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventors:
John Michael Heasman, Hampton, AU;
Peter Gibson, South Coogee, AU;
Stephen O'Leary, Melbourne, AU;
Luke Campbell, Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquire University, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/38 (2021.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61B 5/125 (2013.01); A61B 5/38 (2021.01); A61B 5/4851 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08);
Abstract
Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the insertion of an intra-cochlear stimulating assembly for the occurrence of one or more insertion stop conditions. The insertion stop conditions are detectable events indicating that movement of the stimulating assembly into a recipient's cochlea should be at least temporarily stopped. The insertion monitoring is based on objectively measured inner ear potentials, such as acoustically-evoked potentials.