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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventors:
Peter Gibson, South Coogee, AU;
Lars Vendelbo Johansen, Aarhus, DK;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61F 11/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61F 11/20 (2022.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical implant, such as an implantable component () of a tissue-stimulating prosthesis. One example of such a prosthesis being a cochlear implant. The component () is adapted to be implanted at or adjacent a tissue surface within the recipient, such as a bone surface. The component () has a housing and at least one flange () extending outwardly therefrom. The flange () can be secured to the tissue surface via a tissue fixation device, such as a bone screw ().