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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventors:
Candelaria Salvatierra, West Lancaster, CA (US);
Bing Xu, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61F 11/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61F 11/20 (2022.01);
Abstract
A method that may include the steps of positioning a contact assembly, including a plurality of electrically conductive contacts that are respectively connected to a plurality of lead wires, on a shell formed from a first resilient material to form an electrode array sub-assembly, positioning the electrode array subassembly in a cochlear implant electrode array mold, and introducing a second resilient material into the mold to form a cochlear implant electrode array flexible body, on which the contacts are located, that is defined by the first and second flexible materials.