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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jack H. Noble, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert F. Labadie, Nashville, TN (US);
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/181 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36039 (2017.08); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/181 (2017.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2562/043 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient-customized electrode array (EA) includes a plurality of electrodes, {E}, assembled in a pre-curved form, wherein the curvature of the EA at the i-th electrode Eis characterized with a curvature that matches the curvature of the i-th point Pof a structure curve in the cochlea of a patient where the i-th electrode Eis to be placed, wherein i=1, 2, 3, . . . N, N is an integer greater than zero.