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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventors:
Paul Vincent Hoffman, Valencia, CA (US);
Matthew Vadim Krywcun, Saugus, CA (US);
Uli Gommel, Valencia, CA (US);
James George Elcoate Smith, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a cochlear implant electrode array includes positioning a contact array assembly, which includes at least one carrier and a plurality of contacts on the at least one carrier, in a mold, removing at least a portion of the at least one carrier from the mold without removing the plurality of contacts from the mold, and introducing resilient material into the mold after the at least a portion of the at least one carrier has been removed to form a flexible body.