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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;

Inventor:

Paul Michael Carter, Macquarie University, AU;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36039 (2017.08); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); H04R 25/603 (2019.05); H04R 25/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, including applying at first and second temporal locations respective electrical currents to an electrode located in a cochlea of a recipient, obtaining first and second data indicative of electrical properties at a plurality of locations away from the electrode, the first and second data corresponding to data obtained, respectively, at the first and second temporal locations, evaluating whether or not there is an existence of a temporal change in electrical conductivity between the electrode and the plurality of locations based on the obtained data, and determining whether or not a phenomenon exists inside the cochlea based on the evaluation.


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