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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Janusz Kuzma, Kings Langley, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Pty. Ltd., Lane Cove, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128784 ; 1284206 ;
Abstract
A cochlear implant electrode assembly and a method for affixing it to a bone in the ear. An electrode ball of unfixed turns is made from one end of each wire leading to the electronics part of the implant, a corresponding attachment hole is drilled in the bone, and the ball is affixed to the hole without the use of fixation devices by tapping the turns into the hole.